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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2001
William S. Wu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Peter D. Macwilliams, Aloha, OR (US);
Stephen Pawlowski, Beaverton, OR (US);
Muthurajan Jayakumar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
William S. Wu, Cupertino, CA (US);
Peter D. MacWilliams, Aloha, OR (US);
Stephen Pawlowski, Beaverton, OR (US);
Muthurajan Jayakumar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A bus agent defers an ordered transaction if the transaction cannot be completed in order. When an ordered transaction is deferred, its visibility for the next ordered transaction is asserted if it can guarantee a sequential order of the ordered transaction and the next ordered transaction. This visibility indication allows the bus agent to proceed with the next ordered transaction without waiting for the completion status of the deferred transaction. The visibility indication provides fast processing of ordered transactions.