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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Andrew MacCormack, Edinburgh, GB;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics Limited, Almondsbury Bristol, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/314 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/314 ;
Abstract
An arbiter for arbitrating between a plurality of requests from a plurality of requesters, said arbiter being arranged to assign an order of priority of said requesters, the requester having the highest priority and which has made a request winning the arbitration, wherein the arbiter determines a new priority for said winning requester, said winner being given a priority different from the lowest priority.