System and Method for Direct Memory Access Transfers

A method for transferring data between a memory and a peripheral unit via a plurality of direct memory access (DMA) transactions, the method comprising:

• performing, by a DMA controller, a plurality of DMA transactions, wherein each DMA transaction comprises a sequence of one or more DMA write transfers to write data to a destination memory, the DMA controller and the destination memory being separate physical entities;
• assigning a respective timestamp to an address of the destination memory, the address having a predetermined relationship to the resultant data written to the destination memory by the sequence of DMA write transfers of a given DMA transaction, wherein the timestamp is assigned only after completion of a final DMA write transfer of the sequence of DMA write transfers to the destination memory for the given DMA transaction;
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• storing, at the assigned destination memory address, the timestamp only after completion of the final DMA write transfer for the given DMA transaction.