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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1999
James J. Jirgal, Chandler, AZ (US);
David Ross Evoy, Tempe, AZ (US);
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An apparatus is provided for interfacing a processor with a bus of a computer system wherein the processor performs burst read operations in both a sequential and a non-sequential manner and the bus is incapable of supporting burst operations that are non-sequential. The apparatus includes an interface adaptor circuit that is coupled between the processor and the bus. The interface adaptor circuit is operative as a burst order translator between the processor and the bus, and has a bridge configured to connect together the processor and the bus. The bridge is operative to translate processor burst operations into operations supported by the bus. The bridge has a processor interface coupled between the processor and the interface adaptor circuit and a bus interface coupled between the bus and the interface adaptor circuit. The bridge is operative to enable compatibility between the processor interface and the bus interface such that non-sequential burst access from the processor is supported and deliverable as sequential burst access to the bus.