Patent
1994-11-30
1996-10-01
Shin, Christopher B.
395846, 395842, 39520013, G06F 1328
Patent
active
055618200
ABSTRACT:
A bridge interface for buses in a computer system has a direct memory access (DMA) controller that controls memory transfers in the computer system. The DMA controller has a pair of cascaded DMA controller chips that provide a plurality of DMA channels. A multiplexer circuit receives memory address signals from the DMA controller chips. The memory address signals are received in both a shifted form and an unshifted form at the multiplexer inputs. By selection of the shifted or the unshifted memory address at the multiplexer, either even or odd addresses are produced at the multiplexer output for each DMA channel, thereby selectively providing 8-bit or 16-bit memory accesses. The control of the multiplexer is programmable for each DMA channel, providing dynamic configuration of the DHA channels as either 8-bit or 16-bit channels.
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Bland Patrick M.
Cronin, III Daniel R.
Hofmann Richard G.
Moeller Dennis
Venarchick Lance M.
International Business Machines - Corporation
Shin Christopher B.
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