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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 03, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Uoc H Nguyen, Long Beach, CA (US);
Sam Su, Rowland Heights, CA (US);
Li-Fung Cheung, Alhambra, CA (US);
George Apostol, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370 859 ; 370 851 ;
Abstract
A circuit for enabling data transfer between one data bus connected to a number of devices, such as accelerator cards, and a second data bus, such as one found in a computer. The two data busses are connected by a number of FIFO buffers, and an arbitrator selects a source and destination for each packet. The circuit allows the computer to freeze the data in any or all buffers so that it can be inspected and changed if necessary, but only after the entire current packet for the selected buffer or buffers has been transferred.