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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alberto Scandurra, Messina, IT;
Salvatore Pisasale, Catania, IT;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/314 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/314 ;
Abstract
An interconnect system includes an arbitration unit for arbitration among a plurality of sources or initiators requesting access to resources or targets. The arbitration unit selectively grants the initiators access to the targets as a function of respective priorities. The system includes a programmable control unit for programmably choosing the priorities in question out of group of at least two different priority schemes including a positional fixed priority, programmed fixed priority, and a variable priority based on a respective threshold latency values associated to the initiators.