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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2000
Toshiaki Minami, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A DMA controller is arranged to transfer data in units of one byte, one by one, by hand shaking when a transfer request signal is asserted by a low-speed I/O device, and is arranged to continuously transfer data of a predetermined number of transfer units when a burst request signal is asserted by a high-speed I/O device. The burst request signal may be replaced with a number-of-transfer-bytes information signal to continuously transfer data of a number of transfer bytes designated by the number-of-transfer-bytes information signal. Accordingly, a rate of data transfer between an I/O bus and a system bus can be optimized according to the kind of an I/O device connected to the I/O bus.
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