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- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for providing data to a master device
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Application No.: US16353257Application Date: 2019-03-14
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Publication No.: US10891084B2Publication Date: 2021-01-12
- Inventor: Alex James Waugh , Geoffray Mattheiu Lacourba , Andrew John Turner , Sergio Schuler
- Applicant: Arm Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Cambridge
- Assignee: Arm Limited
- Current Assignee: Arm Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Cambridge
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Main IPC: G06F3/06
- IPC: G06F3/06 ; G06F9/50 ; G06F13/16 ; G06F12/0837 ; G06F9/54

Abstract:
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to an interconnect comprising an interface to couple to a master device, the interface comprising buffer storage. The interface is configured to receive a request from the master device for data comprising a plurality of data blocks, the master device requiring the data blocks in a defined order. A data collator is configured to: receive the request; issue a data pull request to cause the interface to allocate buffer space in the buffer storage for buffering the requested data; and responsive to receiving a confirmation that the buffer space is allocated, provide the requested data to the buffer storage. The interface is configured to employ the buffer storage to enable re-ordering of the plurality of data blocks of the requested data, prior to outputting the plurality of data blocks to the master device; and output the plurality of data blocks to the master device in the defined order.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200293233A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DATA TO A MASTER DEVICE Public/Granted day:2020-09-17
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