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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2006
Applicant:
Atsushi Hayashi, Austin, TX (US);
Inventor:
Atsushi Hayashi, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/28 (2006.01); G06F 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method are disclosed which may include providing a processor operable to request an ongoing processor operation DMA communication task; providing at least one data transfer device operable to request a defined-content DMA communication task; providing a memory operable to conduct DMA communication with the processor and the at least one data transfer device over at least one data bus, the DMA communication having a bandwidth; and allocating the DMA communication bandwidth between the processor operation DMA communication task and the defined-content DMA communication task.