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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2013
Applicant:
Imagination Technologies Limited, Kings Langley, GB;
Inventor:
Paul Rowland, Saint Albans, GB;
Assignee:
Imagination Technologies Limited, Kings Langley, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 1/08 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 7/0008 (2013.01); G06F 1/08 (2013.01); G06F 1/3203 (2013.01); G06F 1/324 (2013.01); G06F 1/3237 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1217 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1221 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for clocking data processing modules, with different average clock frequencies and for transferring data between the modules are provided. The apparatus includes a device for providing a common clock signal to the modules. Clock pulses are deleted from the common clock signal to individual modules in dependence on the clocking frequency required by each module. The clock pulses are applied to the modules between which the data is to be transferred at times consistent with the data transfer.