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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 29, 1999
Yukihiro Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A bus snoop control circuit of the present invention, which is connected to a bus, includes a first circuit which determines whether or not the bus snoop control circuit snoops data based on an address obtained from the bus. A bus system of the present invention includes a bus, a plurality of circuit boards and a plurality of first circuits. Each of the first circuits is provided in each of the circuit boards and determines whether or not corresponding one of the circuit boards snoops data based on an address obtained from the bus. A method for controlling a snoop in a circuit board connected to a bus of the present invention includes obtaining an address from the bus and determining whether or not the board snoops data based on the address.