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Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022

Filed:

Sep. 18, 2020
Applicant:

Alibaba Group Holding Limited, Grand Cafyman, KY;

Inventors:

Chaojun Zhao, Hangzhou, CN;

Tao Jiang, Shanghai, CN;

Assignee:

Alibaba Group Holding Limited, Grand Cayman, KY;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/26 (2006.01); G06F 15/78 (2006.01); G06F 9/48 (2006.01); G06F 13/366 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/26 (2013.01); G06F 9/4818 (2013.01); G06F 13/366 (2013.01); G06F 15/7807 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention discloses an interrupt controller, including: a sampling unit adapted to receive interrupts from various interrupt sources coupled to the interrupt controller and perform sampling on the received various interrupts; and a priority arbitration unit adapted to classify the received various interrupts into a plurality of interrupt segments, where each interrupt segment includes one or more sampled interrupts, and determine, segment by segment an interrupt with the highest priority in a selected segment, until an interrupt with the highest priority among all interrupts is identified through arbitration and used as an to-be-responded-to interrupt. The present invention further discloses a processor including the interrupt controller, and a system-on-chip.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Zhao, Chaojun. (2022). Interrupt controller for controlling interrupts based on priorities of interrupts (U.S. Patent No. 11237994). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11237994

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