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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Morten Vested Olesen, Copenhagen O, DK;
Steen Vase Kock, Copenhagen S, DK;
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/324 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/324 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for controlling the number of interrupts a data transfer unit generates to a CPU is disclosed. A pacing unit is used to register attempted data transfers (events) from a data transfer unit to a CPU and compares this value to a user defined threshold limit. When the number of events reaches the threshold limit, an interrupt is generated to the CPU.