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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 18, 1999
Shalesh Thusoo, Milpitas, CA (US);
Niteen Patkar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Korbin Van Dyke, Sunol, CA (US);
Stephen C. Purcell, Mountain View, CA (US);
ATI International Srl, Barbados, US;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for interfacing a processor with a bus includes processing that begins by storing transactions initiated by the processor into a buffer. The processing then continues by selecting one of the transactions stored in the buffer and placing the selected transaction on the bus. The processing continues by monitoring progress of fulfillment of each transaction in the buffer and flagging a transaction when it has been successfully completed. The processing also includes processing at least two related transactions prior to selecting one of the transactions from the buffer where, if transactions can be processed locally, they do not need to be transported on the bus. In addition, the processing includes monitoring the bus for related transactions initiated by another processor such that these transactions can be more efficiently processed. The related transaction on the bus would correspond to a transaction queued in the buffer.