Staging buffer arbitration
AssigneeAdvanced Micro Devices, Inc.
InventorsJAMES R. MAGRO, KEDARNATH BALAKRISHNAN, RAVINDRA N. BHARGAVA, GUANHAO SHEN
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Abstract
Staging buffer arbitration includes: storing a plurality of memory access requests in a staging buffer; selecting a memory access request of the plurality of memory access requests from the staging buffer based on one or more arbitration rules; and moving the memory access request from the staging buffer to a command queue.
Claims24
A method of staging buffer arbitration, the method comprising:
- storing a plurality of memory access requests in a staging buffer;
- selecting a memory access request of the plurality of memory access requests from the staging buffer based on one or more arbitration rules;
- and
- moving the memory access request from the staging buffer to a command queue.
A memory management unit configured to perform steps comprising:
- storing a plurality of memory access requests in a staging buffer;
- selecting a memory access request of the plurality of memory access requests from the staging buffer based on one or more arbitration rules;
- and
- moving the memory access request from the staging buffer to a command queue.
An apparatus comprising a processor, the processor comprising a memory management unit configured to:
- store a plurality of memory access requests in a staging buffer;
- select a memory access request from the plurality of memory access request from the staging buffer based on one or more arbitration rules;
- and
- move the memory access request from the staging buffer to a command queue.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.