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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2004
Applicants:
Glenn A. Baxter, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Christopher J. Borrelli, Campbell, CA (US);
Inventors:
Glenn A. Baxter, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Christopher J. Borrelli, Campbell, CA (US);
Assignee:
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/28 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Method and apparatus for controlling direct access to memory circuitry by a device is described. In one example, a streaming interface is configured to transmit and receive a communication sequence to and from the device. Control logic is configured to implement a plurality of direct memory access (DMA) engines. The DMA engines are configured to read and write data to and from the memory circuitry. A set of registers is configured to store control data for the plurality of DMA engines.