Method and apparatus for reading from and writing to storage using acknowledged phases of sets of data

A system comprising:

• means for maintaining a write phase indication;
• means for associating a first value of the write phase indication with a first plurality of memory write requests;
• means for associating a second value of the write phase indication with a second plurality of memory write requests;
• means for forwarding the first plurality of memory write requests to a memory control component;
• means for forwarding the second plurality of memory write requests to a memory control component;
• and
• means for receiving a first acknowledgement from the storage control component that the first plurality of memory write requests have been written by the storage control component.

A system comprising:

• means for maintaining a read phase indication;
• means for associating a first value of the read phase indication with a first plurality of memory read requests;
• means for associating a second value of the read phase indication with a second plurality of memory read requests;
• means for forwarding the first plurality of memory read requests to a memory control component;
• means for forwarding the second plurality of memory read requests to a memory control component;
• and
• means for receiving a first acknowledgement from the storage control component that the first plurality of memory read requests have been read by the storage control component.

A system comprising:

• a memory write request generator for generating a plurality of sets of write requests, wherein each of the plurality of sets of write requests are identified with a phase indication;
• a memory control device, coupled to the memory write request generator, for receiving the plurality of sets of write requests and for communicating a particular one of a plurality of acknowledgements to the memory write request generator in response to a particular one of the set of write requests being written;
• and
• a memory element for storing data associated with the plurality of write requests;
• wherein the memory write request generator applies a particular phase indication to a single set of write requests until a corresponding acknowledgment is received from the memory control device.

A system comprising:

• a memory read request generator for generating a plurality of sets of read requests, wherein each of the plurality of sets of read requests are identified with a respective read phase indication;
• a memory control device, coupled to the memory read request generator, for receiving the plurality of sets of read requests and for communicating a particular one of a plurality of acknowledgements to the memory read request generator in response to a particular one of the set of read, requests being read;
• and
• a memory element for reading data associated with the plurality of read requests;
• wherein the memory read request generator applies a particular read phase indication to a single, set of read requests until a corresponding read acknowledgment is received from the memory control device.