摘要:
The invention relates to an integrated circuit and to a method of arbitration in a network on an integrated circuit. According to the invention, a method of arbitration in a network on an integrated circuit is provided, the network comprising a router unit, the router unit comprising a first input port, a second input port and an output port, wherein the router unit receives at least one first packet via the first input port, and wherein the router unit receives at least one second packet via the second input port, the router unit arbitrating between the first packet and the second packet, characterized in that the step of arbitrating is performed using a first label and a second label, the first label being attached to the first packet, and the second label being attached to the second packet. This method relies on the perception that the arbitration performed by a router should be based on connection arbitration instead of input port arbitration. This means that instead of merely arbitrating between the contending input ports in a router, the arbitration should also take into account the connections to which packets correspond. This can be done by attaching labels to the packets, which labels are used in the arbitration process. In this way, it is possible to achieve a fair allocation of bandwidth to different connections, regardless of on which input ports these connections are established.
摘要:
The invention relates to an integrated circuit and to a method of arbitration in a network on an integrated circuit. According to the invention, a method of arbitration in a network on an integrated circuit is provided, the network comprising a router unit, the router unit comprising a first input port, a second input port and an output port, wherein the router unit receives at least one first packet via the first input port, and wherein the router unit receives at least one second packet via the second input port, the router unit arbitrating between the first packet and the second packet, characterized in that the step of arbitrating is performed using a first label and a second label, the first label being attached to the first packet, and the second label being attached to the second packet. This method relies on the perception that the arbitration performed by a router should be based on connection arbitration instead of input port arbitration. This means that instead of merely arbitrating between the contending input ports in a router, the arbitration should also take into account the connections to which packets correspond. This can be done by attaching labels to the packets, which labels are used in the arbitration process. In this way, it is possible to achieve a fair allocation of bandwidth to different connections, regardless of on which input ports these connections are established.
摘要:
An electronic device is provided, comprising an interconnect means (N) for connecting a plurality of modules (IP; A-D, M) to enable a communication between the modules (IP; A-D, M), wherein communication resources relate to a time division multiple access based on time slots for dividing and sharing an available communication bandwidth. The electronic device furthermore comprises at least one network interface for coupling at least one of the plurality of modules (IP; A-D, M) to the interconnect means (N). The network interface (NI) is adapted to establish at least one connection to at least one further network interface (NI). The at least one connection comprises at least one channel (a d). The at least one network interface (NI) comprises at least one slot table (ST1-ST11) for reserving time slots for the at least one channel (a-d). The time slots are shared between those channels (a-d) which are associated to the same network interface (NI).
摘要:
A method for communicating data between an initiator unit (INIT) which initiates the communication and a target unit (TRGT) is described. Therein the initiator unit (INIT) indicates a request (TID) to initiate a communication. In response the target unit (TRGT) provides information (READY, ACCEPTC) indicating whether one of the following situation exist, the initiator unit (INIT) has to maintain the request, the request of the initiator (INIT) is accepted, the request of the initiator (INIT) is rejected. In addition a processing system is described.
摘要:
A method for exchanging data between first and second functional units includes the following steps. In a first handshake procedure, data is exchanged corresponding to a communication thread selected by the first functional unit, while independently in a second handshake procedure, information relating to a status of at least one communication thread is exchanged from the second to the first functional unit. The information enables the first functional unit to anticipate the possibility of exchanging data for the at least one communication thread.
摘要:
An integrated circuit, comprising a plurality of processing modules (M, S) is provided, wherein at least one first of said processing modules (M) requests at least one communication service to at least one second processing module (S) based on specific communication properties and at least one communication service identification. Furthermore, an interconnect means (N) is provided for coupling said plurality of processing modules (M, S) and for enabling a connection based communication having a set of connection properties. At least one network interface (NI) is associated to said at least one first of said processing modules (M) for controlling the communication between said at least one first of said plurality of processing modules (M) and said interconnect means (N). Moreover, a mapping means (A) is provided for mapping the requested at least one communication service based on said specific communication properties to a connection based on a set of connection properties according to said at least one communication service identification.
摘要:
An integrated circuit having a plurality of processing modules (I, T) is provided. At least one first processing module (I) issues at least one transaction towards at least one second processing module (T). Said integrated circuit further comprises at least one first transaction retraction unit (TRU1) for indicating an allowance to said at least one first of said processing modules (I) to retract said at least one transaction according to the sate of said second processing module (T).
摘要:
The invention relates to a data processing system and a method for synchronizing data traffic. The data processing system according to the invention comprises a conversion unit, which conversion unit is arranged to convert a first flow control scheme applied in a first sub-network into a second flow control scheme applied in a second sub-network. The conversion unit may cooperate with or be integrated with another component, for example a component which performs conversion of operating frequency between sub-networks (clock-domain crossing). For the correct functioning of flow control it is necessary that separate flow control schemes are used for respectively the first sub-network and the second sub-network. The conversion unit performs a conversion between these schemes. For example, if the flow control schemes are credit-based the conversion unit computes the correct amount of credits for the first flow control scheme, based on the amount of credits available in the second flow control scheme. If necessary, credit conversion is performed. The latter is necessary when the flit sizes are different in the first and second sub-network, for example. The conversion unit translates the credits from the second sub-network (which credits represent a certain amount of data elements) into credits for the first sub-network. The number of credits may be different in respectively the first and second sub-network, for the same amount of data elements.
摘要:
An integrated circuit comprising a plurality of processing modules M, S and a network N; RN arranged for providing at least one connection between a first and at least one second module M, S is provided. Said connection supports transactions comprising outgoing messages from the first module to the second modules and return messages from the second modules to the first module. Said integrated circuit comprises at least one dropping means DM for dropping data exchanged by said first and second module M, S. Accordingly, an alternative scheme for transaction completion is provided, where full and immediate transaction completion is merely applied for certain cases. The invention is based on the idea to allow the dropping of data in certain cases.
摘要:
A method for exchanging data between first and second functional units includes the following steps. In a first handshake procedure, data is exchanged corresponding to a communication thread selected by the first functional unit, while independently in a second handshake procedure, information relating to a status of at least one communication thread is exchanged from the second to the first functional unit. The information enables the first functional unit to anticipate the possibility of exchanging data for the at least one communication thread.