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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 24, 1994
Michael L. Ziegler, Whitinsville, MA (US);
Robert J. Brooks, Roseville, CA (US);
William R. Bryg, Saratoga, CA (US);
Craig R. Frink, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Thomas R. Hotchkiss, Groton, MA (US);
Robert D. Odineal, Roseville, CA (US);
James B. Williams, Lowell, MA (US);
John L. Wood, Rochester, NH (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A shared bus system having a bus and a set of client modules coupled to the bus. Each client module is capable of sending transactions on the bus to other client modules and receiving transactions on the bus from other client modules for processing. Each module has a queue for storing transactions received by the module for processing. A bus controller limits the types of transactions that can be sent on the bus to prevent any module's queue from overflowing.