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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:
Feb. 29, 2000
Filed:
May. 29, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Carl John Lindeborg, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
David Stoner, Sudbury, MA (US);
Assignee:
3Com Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
711149 ; 711151 ; 711154 ; 711158 ; 711163 ; 710 36 ;
Abstract
A multiport or multiported memory device is provided. A first user and at least a second user are provided. A multilevel memory arbitration system is implemented which establishes arbitration cycles wherein the high priority user is granted priority as to access either during each arbitration cycle or during a greater number of arbitration cycles. A source burst limiter is provided associated with the high priority user. The source burst limiter monitors access of the high priority user to the multiport memory and limits such access based on a comparison of access attributes to some access attribute threshold.