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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2021
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Rohit K. Gupta, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Rohit Natarajan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jurgen M. Schulz, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Harshavardhan Kaushikkar, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Connie W. Cheung, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A configurable interface circuit is disclosed. An integrated circuit (IC) having a particular configuration. The IC includes a memory system and a communication fabric coupled to the memory system. The IC further includes a plurality of agent circuits configured to make requests to the memory system that are in a first format that is not specific to the particular configuration of the IC. A plurality of interface circuits is coupled between corresponding ones of the plurality of agent circuits and the communication fabric. A given one of the plurality of interface circuits is configured to receive a request to the memory system in the first format and output the request in a second format that is specific to the particular configuration of the IC.