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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2006
Kuo-ching Chen, Taipei, TW;
Tai-cheng Chen, Taipei, TW;
Ming-yih Duh, Taipei, TW;
Li-hsiang Wang, Taipei, TW;
Kuo-Ching Chen, Taipei, TW;
Tai-Cheng Chen, Taipei, TW;
Ming-Yih Duh, Taipei, TW;
Li-Hsiang Wang, Taipei, TW;
Via Technologies, Inc., Taipei, TW;
Abstract
The invention provides a method improving flexibility of at least one direct memory access (DMA) channel. The at least one DMA channel is used by a plurality of DMA engines of a first device to direct data transmission between the plurality of DMA engines of the first device and a second device. An explanatory embodiment of the method comprises: allowing any of a plurality of DMA engines to use any of the at least one DMA channels, and enabling some of the plurality of DMA engines to share a target channel if some of the plurality of DMA engines simultaneously compete for the target channel, one of the at least one DMA channel.