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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2004
Drew Eric Wingard, San Carlos, CA (US);
Geert-paul Rosseel, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jay S. Tomlinson, San Jose, CA (US);
Lisa A. Robinson, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
Drew Eric Wingard, San Carlos, CA (US);
Geert-Paul Rosseel, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jay S. Tomlinson, San Jose, CA (US);
Lisa A. Robinson, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
Sonics, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A communication system. One embodiment includes at least two functional blocks, wherein an first functional block communicates with a second functional block by establishing a connection, wherein a connection is a logical state in which data may pass between the first functional block and the second functional block. One embodiment includes a bus coupled to each of the functional blocks and configured to carry a plurality of signals. The plurality of signals includes a connection identifier that indicates a particular connection that a data transfer is part of, and a thread identifier that indicates a transaction stream that the data transfer is part of.