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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2001
Robin Didier, Meudon la Foret, FR;
Carolina Miro Sorolla, Villecresnes, FR;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
In a system integrating modules (PROC) designed for a time-slotted resource-accessing scheme and modules (PROC′) designed for accessing a common resource based on request-arbitration, a request-arbitration scheme is used for managing access to a common resource. The module(s) (PROC) designed for a time-slotted resource-accessing scheme are associated with an anticipatory request generator (ARG) adapted to generate, and forward to the arbiter (P_ARB), anticipated requests produced ahead of the time instants when the associated modules are designed to make access requests. A data buffer (DATA BUF) is also associated with each of the modules designed for a time-slotted resource-accessing scheme, so as to hold data obtained as a result of an anticipated request until the time instant when the module generates the request associated with this data.