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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2014
Applicant:
Ambarella, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventor:
Chishein Ju, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Ambarella, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/362 (2006.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/362 (2013.01); G06F 9/5011 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus including a first register, a second register, and a control logic. The first register may be configured to store requests from a plurality of clients for a current cycle. The second register may be configured to store an indicator value indicating which of the plurality of clients received a grant in a previous cycle. The control logic may be configured to determine which of the plurality of clients having a request in the current cycle receives a grant based upon (i) a pointer value and (ii) the indicator value.