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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 11, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark Seconi, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Paul Mc Allister, Chandler, AZ (US);
Andrew Hall, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Marc Jalfon, Haifa, IL;
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395842 ; 395287 ; 395293 ; 395308 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for arbitrating bus ownership of a first communication bus ('C1-bus') for a plurality of C1-bus masters and arbitrating bus ownership of a second communication bus ('C2-bus') for a plurality of C2-bus masters. The apparatus further performs a DMA transfer, without processor assistance, between a first component coupled to the C1-bus and a second component coupled to the C2-bus.