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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1998
Method and apparatus for decoupling internal latencies of a bus bridge from those on an external bus
Applicant:
Inventors:
Narendra Khandekar, Folsom, CA (US);
Zohar Bogin, Folsom, CA (US);
Steve Clohset, Sacramento, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/300 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for decoupling internal latencies of a bus bridge from those on an external bus is described. In one embodiment, the method includes detecting a write cycle by an initiator for transmitting data to a device. The method further includes asserting a write request to the device, responsive to detecting the write cycle, asserting a ready request to the initiator without detecting an acknowledge from the device, and receiving the data from the initiator.