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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 20, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Larry Bates, Tempe, AZ (US);
Elliot Garbus, Tempe, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395559 ; 395551 ; 395560 ; 395880 ;
Abstract
A wait state mechanism for lengthening a microprocessor's bus cycle to allow data transfers between slower off-chip devices. A microprocessor is responsive to a bus control signal generated by external programmable logic which instructs the microprocessor to insert wait states of varying number depending on the component involved in a bus transaction. The microprocessor receives only a single input from the programmable logic and varies its bus cycle length accordingly.