Method and apparatus for direct memory access transfers

A circuit for memory access, comprising:

• a memory access control circuit coupled to a memory and configured to perform data transfers to retrieve data from the memory, the memory access control circuit includes:
• a timing control circuit configured to:
• determine first timing information based on a timing requirement for transmitting a first data stream to a first network,
• wherein the first timing information includes a stream fetch type selected from a continuous fetch type and a discrete fetch type based on a stream priority level of the first data stream;
• and
• determine a first fetch time for retrieving the first data stream from the memory based on the first timing information;
• and
• a transfer control circuit configured to:
• retrieve the first data stream from the memory based on the first fetch time.