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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2005
Sridhar P. Subramanian, Cupertino, CA (US);
James B. Keller, Redwood City, CA (US);
Ruchi Wadhawan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
George Kong Yiu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ramesh Gunna, San Jose, CA (US);
Sridhar P. Subramanian, Cupertino, CA (US);
James B. Keller, Redwood City, CA (US);
Ruchi Wadhawan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
George Kong Yiu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ramesh Gunna, San Jose, CA (US);
P.A. Semi, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a switch is configured to be coupled to an interconnect. The switch comprises a plurality of storage locations and an arbiter control circuit coupled to the plurality of storage locations. The plurality of storage locations are configured to store a plurality of requests transmitted by a plurality of agents. The arbiter control circuit is configured to arbitrate among the plurality of requests stored in the plurality of storage locations. A selected request is the winner of the arbitration, and the switch is configured to transmit the selected request from one of the plurality of storage locations onto the interconnect. In another embodiment, a system comprises a plurality of agents, an interconnect, and the switch coupled to the plurality of agents and the interconnect. In another embodiment, a method is contemplated.