SPLIT TRANSACTION PROTOCOL FOR A BUS SYSTEM

A system comprising: a host controller to be coupled to an agent via a hub, said host controller to perform a split transaction to transfer data between the host controller and the agent; a device driver to operate the host controller to perform a first transaction of the split transaction and a sec...

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Main Authors GARNEY, JOHN, I, HOWARD, JOHN, S
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 08.08.2007
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
ELECTRICITY
PHYSICS
TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION
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Summary:A system comprising: a host controller to be coupled to an agent via a hub, said host controller to perform a split transaction to transfer data between the host controller and the agent; a device driver to operate the host controller to perform a first transaction of the split transaction and a second transaction of the split transaction between the host controller and the hub, said second transaction being different than said first transaction; wherein an agent transaction between the hub and agent is to be performed in response to the first transaction of the split transaction, and the agent transaction is to be performed at a data rate that is different from the first and second transactions of the split transaction.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20000928322