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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2010
Shuhsaku Matsuse, Yamato, JP;
Shuhsaku Matsuse, Yamato, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus that controls access by multiple IP cores to a bus is provided. The apparatus includes a main controller and multiple sub controllers, each of the sub controllers being associated with each IP cores. The main controller switches connection between each of the IP cores and the bus according to a schedule predetermined based on predetermined time slices. Each of the sub controllers controls access by the IP core to the bus according to a schedule under the control of the main controller. Embodiments of the present invention provide method and apparatus to ensure real-time accessibility to a bus shared by multiple IP cores and improve bus use efficiency.
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