System and method for transferring data streams simultaneously o

Details System and method for transferring data streams simultaneously o System and method for transferring data streams simultaneously o

1995-11-20

1997-10-28

Harvey, Jack B.

395306, 395841, 395281, 395154, G06F 1300

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056824840

ABSTRACT:
A computer system optimized for real-time applications which provides increased performance over current computer architectures. The system includes a standard local system bus, such as the PCI bus, and also includes a dedicated real-time bus or multimedia bus. Thus multimedia devices such as video cards, audio cards, etc., as well as communications devices, transfer real-time data through a separate bus without requiring arbitration for the PCI bus. The computer system of the present invention thus provides much greater performance for real-time applications than prior systems. In various embodiments, multimedia devices transmit addressing and control information for a multimedia bus transfer either over the PCI bus or using a separate serial control channel. The multimedia bus may also comprise separate multimedia channels for different data types. Methods are also disclosed for transferring periodic multimedia data over the multimedia bus.

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