Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Arbitrating and multiplexing circuitry
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Application No.: US15273932Application Date: 2016-09-23
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Publication No.: US10303624B2Publication Date: 2019-05-28
- Inventor: Andrew David Tune , Peter Andrew Riocreux , Alessandro Grande
- Applicant: ARM LIMITED
- Applicant Address: GB Cambridge
- Assignee: ARM Limited
- Current Assignee: ARM Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Cambridge
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Priority: GB1412140.4 20140708
- Main IPC: H04L12/937
- IPC: H04L12/937 ; G06F13/14

Abstract:
Arbitrating and multiplexing circuitry for performing an arbitration between a plurality of inputs and a selection of at least one of said plurality of inputs to provide an output comprises arbitrating tree circuitry having X arbitrating levels, where X is an integer greater than one; and multiplexing tree circuitry having Y multiplexing levels, where Y is an integer greater than one; wherein (i) said Y multiplexing levels comprise a first set of said multiplexing levels upstream of a second set of said multiplexing levels; (ii) said first set of said multiplexing levels is configured to operate in parallel with at least some of said X arbitrating levels, whereby said first set of multiplexing levels is configured to perform a partial selection in parallel with said arbitration performed by said X arbitrating levels; and (iii) said second set of said multiplexing levels is configured to operate in series with said X arbitrating levels, whereby said second set of multiplexing levels completes said selection to provide said output following completion of and in dependence upon said arbitration.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170012901A1 ARBITRATING AND MULTIPLEXING CIRCUITRY Public/Granted day:2017-01-12
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