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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsWayne Melvin Barrett, Gerald Keith Bartley, Douglas A. Baska, Paul Eric Dahlen, Robert Allen Drehmel, Kenneth Claude Hinz, James Anthony Marcella
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A data transfer method and apparatus are provided for transferring data in a computer system on a high-speed synchronous multi-drop bus. Multiple devices including at least a first group of a plurality of devices and a second group of at least one device are connected to the high-speed synchronous multi-drop bus. To transfer data between devices in the first group, a first unidirectional data valid signal is applied to each device in the second group. The data from a sending device in the first group is transferred to a designated device in the second group. A second unidirectional data valid signal is applied to each device in the first group. The data is transferred from the designated device in the second group to a selected device in the first group.
A computer system for data transfer on a high-speed synchronous multi-drop bus connected to multiple devices including at least a first group of a plurality of devices and a second group of at least one device, said computer system for transferring data between a sending device in the first group to a selected device in the first group comprising:
A computer-implemented method for data transfer on a high-speed synchronous multi-drop bus connected to multiple devices including at least a first group of a plurality of devices and a second group of at least one device, said computer-implemented method for transferring data between a sending device and a selected device in the first group comprising the steps of:
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