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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2000
John G. Mathieson, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Genesis Microchip INC, Alviso, CA (US);
Abstract
In accordance with the invention, a multi-processing unit system including a plurality of processing units in direct communication via a communication bus is presented. The system includes a communication bus arbiter having a communication packet multiplexer. Each of the processing units include a communication bus interface comprising a transmitter interface and a receiver interface. Each of the transmitter interfaces are connected to the communication packet multiplexer of the communication bus arbiter via separate 32-bit interfaces. Each of the receiver interfaces is connected to the communication packet multiplexer of the communication bus arbiter via a single 32-bit bus. The system may further comprise a first control signal connection means for communicating control signals between the transmitter interface and the communication bus arbiter and a second control signal connection means for communicating control signal between the receiver interface and the communication bus arbiter.