摘要:
A coherency scheme of use with a system having a bus, a main memory, a main memory controller for accessing main memory in response to transactions received on the bus, and a set of processor modules coupled to the bus. Each processor module has a cache memory and is capable of transmitting coherent transactions on the bus to other processor modules and to the main memory controller. Each processor module detects coherent transactions issued on the bus and performs cache coherency checks for each of the coherent transactions. Each processor module has a coherency queue for storing all transactions issued on the bus and for performing coherency checks for the transactions in first-in, first-out order. When a module transmits a coherent transaction on a bus, it places its own transaction into its own coherency queue.
摘要:
A shared bus system having a bus and a set of client modules coupled to the bus. Each client module is capable of sending transactions on the bus to other client modules and receiving transactions on the bus from other client modules for processing. Each module has a queue for storing transactions received by the module for processing. A bus controller limits the types of transactions that can be sent on the bus to prevent any module's queue from overflowing.
摘要:
A shared bus system having a bus and a set of client modules coupled to the bus. Each client module is capable of sending transactions on the bus to other client modules and receiving transactions on the bus from other client modules for processing. Each module has a queue for storing transactions received by the module for processing. A bus controller limits the types of transactions that can be sent on the bus to prevent any module's queue from overflowing.
摘要:
A split transaction bus system that accommodates atomic operations without locking the bus and without the possibility of deadlock during the atomic operations. The bus system may be used in a computer system that includes a bus, component modules that send transactions to each other on the bus, and a bus controller that limits the types of transactions that can be sent on the bus at any given time. When one module is performing an atomic operation, the bus controller limits transactions to those that do not change the memory image that existed when the atomic operation was commenced. The bus controller, however, permits responses or returns of data, assuming the response or return does not alter the current value of data.
摘要:
The present invention provides a generic interface which enables asynchronous data processing elements to be interconnected using an interconnection protocol that controls flow of data between the processing elements. The flow control allows the processing elements to be data independent from, i.e., the processing elements need not be designed for a fixed sample rate or resolution, sample format and other data dependent factors. When used with digital motion video data, the processing elements may process motion video data at various temporal and spatial resolutions and color formats. Flow of data between processing elements may be controlled by handshake signals indicating whether the sender has valid data and the receiver can receive data. When valid data is available at the sender and is requested by the receiver, a transfer of data occurs. The characteristics of the data, and functions to be performed on the data may be specified using control inputs to the processing elements. A counting circuit may be used to specify the number of the data samples for which the control inputs are valid. The interface allows each processing element to have a small number of storage locations for storing data, such as a pair of registers, which eliminates the need for large buffers and simplifies implementation of the processing element with such flow control as a simple integrated circuit.
摘要:
Stacked (i.e., hierarchically arranged) rate wheels schedule traffic flows in a network. A first rate wheel operates to efficiently schedule traffic flows in which traffic shaping parameters may be applied to individual traffic flows. A second rate wheel schedules group of the traffic flows in which traffic shaping parameters may be applied at the group level. In the context of an ATM network, the first rate wheel may operate at the virtual circuit level and the second rate wheel may operate at the virtual path level.
摘要:
A system schedules traffic flows on an output port using circular memory structures. The circular memory structures may include rate wheels that include a group of sequentially arranged slots. The traffic flows may be assigned to different rate wheels on a per-priority basis.
摘要:
A system schedules traffic flows on an output port using a circular memory structure. The circular memory structure may be a rate wheel that includes a group of sequentially arranged slots. The rate wheel schedules the traffic flows in select ones of the slots based on traffic shaping parameters assigned to the flows. The rate wheel compensates for collisions between multiple flows that occur in the slots by subsequently skipping empty slots.
摘要:
A system provides real-time previsualization of effects to be added to high definition (HD) video data and real-time rendering of the HD video data including the added effects. The computer based system for editing high definition television (HDTV) resolution video includes a high definition video system connected to a standard definition video system and a high definition storage system. A resizer reformats the high definition video data to standard definition resolution for real-time processing and previsualization.
摘要:
A non-linear editor is connected to video processing equipment through a serial digital video interface to edit high definition (HD) television video data. The non-linear editor includes a randomly accessible, computer-readable and re-writeable storage medium that stores a plurality of sequences of HD digital images representing a frame or field of HD motion video data. The non-linear editor provides a configuration control signal to identify processing to be performed on the HD video data and defines a video program to be rendered using the stored HD digital images. An input serial digital interface and an output serial digital interface in the non-linear editor provide the HD video data to be edited. A multiformat video router controls the HD video data sent between the non-linear editor and the video processing equipment. The router is video interconnected to the video processing equipment and to the serial digital interfaces of the non-linear editor.