Centralized arbitration system using the status of target resour

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1992-08-13

1993-10-12

Lee, Thomas C.

Boots, shoes, and leggings

395425, 395725, 364DIG1, 3642401, 3642426, G06F 1314, G06F 1336, G06F 13362

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052533476

ABSTRACT:
In order to arbitrate competing requests made by master elements for shared resources in a data processing system in which the masters have controlled access to the resources through a communication bus, there is provided an arbitration unit coupled to the masters and to the resources through the communication bus. There is further provided logic structure in each master for generating and sending access request signals to the arbitration unit indicating that the master needs to direct, through the communication bus, a specified resource to perform an operation, the selected resource being identified by at last one of the access request signals. The arbitration unit, upon receiving the access request signal, arbitrates among competing access request signals, which may be concurrently received from a plurality of masters, according to predetermined priority criteria. The arbitration unit includes a masking scheme responsive to at least one of the following occurrences: a) the arbitration unit having already granted access to one of the masters, through the communication bus, for directing an indicated resource to perform an operation; and b) a signal generated by at least one of the resources and received through the communication bus indicating that the resource is ready or not ready to perform an operation. The arbitration unit generates an access grant signal granting access to one master at a time based on arbitration performed among unmasked competing access request signals received through the communication bus.

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