A First Come First Server (FCFS) arbiter that receives a request to utilize a shared resource from a plurality of devices and in response generates a grant value indicating if the request is granted. The FCFS arbiter includes a circuit and a storage device. The circuit receives a first request and a grant enable during a first clock cycle and outputs a grant value. The grant enable is received from a shared resource. The grant value communicated to the source of the first request. The storage device includes a plurality of request buckets. The first request is stored in a first request bucket when the first request is not granted during the first clock cycle and is moved from the first request bucket to a second request bucket when the first request is not granted during a second clock cycle. A granted request is cleared from all request buckets.