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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2018
Stmicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Daniele Mangano, San Gregorio di Catania, IT;
Mirko Dondini, Catania, IT;
Salvatore Pisasale, Catania, IT;
STMICROELECTRONICS S.R.L., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Abstract
A communication interface couples a transmission circuit with an interconnection network. The transmission circuit requests transmission of a predetermined amount of data. The communication interface receives data segments from the transmission circuit, stores the data segments in a memory, and verifies whether the memory contains the predetermined amount of data. When the memory contains the predetermined amount of data, the communication interface starts transmission of the data stored in the memory. Alternatively, when the memory contains an amount of data less than the predetermined amount of data, the communication interface determines a parameter that identifies the time that has elapsed since the transmission request or the first datum was received from the aforesaid transmission circuit, and verifies whether the time elapsed exceeds a time threshold. In the case where the time elapsed exceeds the time threshold, the communication interface starts transmission of the data stored in the memory.