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Providing multiple decode options for a system-on-chip (SoC) fabric

US8713240B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 29, 2011
Grant dateApr 29, 2014
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Expiry dateDec 17, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2213/0026
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, a system-on-chip (SoC) can be configured to receive a request from a master agent in a fabric coupled to the master agent, send a show command grant to the master agent responsive to selection of the request by the fabric, receive a command portion of a transaction corresponding to the request in the fabric and determine a target agent to receive the transaction based on the command portion, and thereafter send a transaction grant to the master agent for the transaction. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

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