Method and system for bus arbitration

Details Method and system for bus arbitration Method and system for bus arbitration

2010-06-17

2011-10-18

Rinehart, Mark (Department: 2111)

Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/

Intrasystem connection

Bus access regulation

C710S116000, C710S119000, C710S123000, C710S125000, C710S309000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08041869

ABSTRACT:
A method and system for bus arbitration to be used in a system having a plurality of data handling units (110a, . . . ,110d) and a shared bus (140) with a plurality of data-lines. The invention provides a method and an system to carry out the method, having steps of; receiving data transfer requests from the data handling units; selecting a set of data transfer requests the allowance of which serves a maximum number of data handling units and utilizes a maximum number of data-lines, and; allowing the data handling units that issued said selected set of data transfer requests to access said bus in a single bus cycle.

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