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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyuki Kawamoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Tadayuki Ito, Yokohama, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A transfer device is one of a plurality of transfer devices each configured to transfer data between a storage device and a processing device. The storage device and the transfer devices are connected via a bus. The transfer device comprise: an issuing unit configured to issue a request for transferring data via the bus; an analysis unit configured to analyze data to be transferred; and a switching unit configured to switch a state of a series of requests issued by the issuing unit between a first state and a second state in which a request from another transfer device interrupts more easily than in the first state, according to a data attribute obtained as a result of analysis.