System and method for deterministic transactions on a serial bus

    公开(公告)号:US10545897B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-28

    申请号:US16106118

    申请日:2018-08-21

    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed method for operating a serial interconnect of a computer system in a time deterministic manner. An exemplary method comprises that a command to be sent over the serial interconnect in a transaction is to be executed at a specific time. A delay period for the command to be sent from a master of the computer system to a slave of the computer system via the serial bus is determined, where the delay period determined based on a length of an arbitration phase of the transaction. The command is then sent to the slave of the computer system via the serial bus after the delay period.

    Peripheral access control for secondary communication channels in power management integrated circuits

    公开(公告)号:US11334512B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-17

    申请号:US17174886

    申请日:2021-02-12

    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus managing access to a power management device are disclosed. A system has a primary integrated circuit and a power management integrated circuit. The primary integrated circuit has a communication controller configured to control access to a first serial bus for a plurality of subsystems in the primary integrated circuit. The power management integrated circuit is coupled to the first serial bus and to a second serial bus. An access control circuit in the power management integrated circuit is configured by the primary integrated circuit to control access to the power management integrated circuit through the second serial bus. The primary integrated circuit may be configured to write an access control configuration to the power management integrated circuit. The access control configuration may define write access rights for a secondary integrated circuit coupled to the power management integrated circuit through the second serial bus.

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