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Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 25, 2019
Applicant:

Imagination Technologies Limited, Kings Langley, GB;

Inventor:

Jonas Olof Gunnar Källén, Hisings Backa, SE;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/16 (2006.01); G06F 16/901 (2019.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01); G06F 9/48 (2006.01); G06F 13/364 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/1605 (2013.01); G06F 9/4881 (2013.01); G06F 9/5038 (2013.01); G06F 13/364 (2013.01); G06F 16/9027 (2019.01);
Abstract

Methods and arbiter systems for arbitrating between a plurality of ordered requestors and a shared resource based on priorities allocated to the requestors include determining whether there is at least one requestor that has requested access in the current cycle and has priority in the current cycle. In response to determining that there is at least one requestor that has requested access in the current cycle and has priority in the current cycle, a lowest ordered requestor is selected that has requested access in the current cycle and has priority in the current cycle; and in response to determining that there are no requestors that have requested access in the current cycle and have priority in the current cycle, a highest ordered requestor is selected that has requested access in the current cycle.


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