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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2007
Daren Croxford, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Graeme Leslie Ingram, Royston, GB;
Daren Croxford, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Graeme Leslie Ingram, Royston, GB;
ARM Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Abstract
A self programming slave device controller is described which comprises interface circuitry and control circuitry. The interface circuitry is responsive to one or more configuration parameters to communicate data between the slave device controller and a slave device in accordance with the one or more configuration parameters. The control circuitry is responsive to one or more operating parameter signals indicative of one or more operating parameters influencing current performance characteristics of the slave device to set the one or more configuration parameters so as to control an access operation for accessing the slave device to accommodate the current performance characteristics of the slave device. In this way, an access operation can be conducted efficiently and reliably having regard to the current performance characteristics of the slave device. This makes it possible to automatically adjust configuration parameters used to control an access operation in dependence on changes to operating parameters of the slave device which may influence the performance characteristics.