Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Arbitrating circuitry and method
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Application No.: US16386321Application Date: 2019-04-17
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Publication No.: US10592439B2Publication Date: 2020-03-17
- 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 & Vanderhy P.C.
- Priority: GB1412140.4 20140708
- Main IPC: G06F13/14
- IPC: G06F13/14

Abstract:
Arbitrating circuitry arbitrates between a plurality of inputs and a selection of at least one of said plurality of inputs. The arbitrating circuitry includes an array of interconnected arbiter devices operating with respect to a set of Q inputs. The array comprises M sub-levels with at least a first sub-level having T arbiter devices each operating with respect to U inputs, where Q=UM and Q=TU. For each sub-level other than a first sub-level, each arbiter device in a sub-level receives as input requests signals indicating an arbitration outcome for two or more arbiter devices in a preceding sub-level and arbitrates between those input requests.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190243785A1 ARBITRATING CIRCUITRY AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2019-08-08
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