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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:
Jan. 28, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2001
Hans M. Jacobson, White Plains, NY (US);
Prabhakar N. Kudva, New York, NY (US);
Peter W. Cook, Mount Kisco, NY (US);
Stanley Everett Schuster, Granite Springs, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for selecting a participant to issue. The method includes signaling a domino OR gate arbitration device upon a ready request of a participant having a priority, determining within the domino OR gate arbitration device the relative priority of the participant, signaling the domino OR gate arbitration device through an any-request device upon the ready request of a higher priority participant, and issuing the higher priority participant upon determining the higher priority participant to have a priority highest among participants ready for issue. The method includes gating one of a precharge signal and an evaluate signal of the precharged domino OR gate arbitration device by the ready request of the participant. The method further includes latching a result of the domino OR gate arbitration device and a clock signal, and gating the clock signal by the ready signal of the participant.