Method and apparatus for implementing heterogeneous interconnects

A system comprising:

• an address interconnect coupled to a plurality of devices including a first device, a second device, and a third device to transfer a plurality of groups of communication information among the plurality of devices;
• a data interconnect coupled to the plurality of devices, the data interconnect including a data crossbar to transfer data among the plurality of devices based on the communication information on the address interconnect, the data crossbar configured to transfer third device data from the third device to the data interconnect, wherein the third device data is sent to the first device when the third device indicates the third device data is for the first device, and wherein the third device data is sent to the second device when the third device indicates the third device data is for the second device, wherein the data interconnect is different from the address interconnect;
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• a data path controllers to allow a transfer of the data on the data interconnect to occur concurrently with a transfer of at least one of the groups of communication information on the address interconnect.

A method comprising:

• transferring a plurality of groups of communication information on an address interconnect, wherein the groups of communication information are for communication among a plurality of devices;
• sending a request information to request for a transfer of data on a data interconnect, wherein the request information is based on communication information from at least one of the groups of communication information;
• transferring on the data interconnect a first data between a first device and a second device of the plurality of devices, wherein the data interconnect is different from the address interconnect;
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• transferring an additional data from a third device of the devices to the data interconnect, wherein the third data is sent to the first device when the third device indicates the additional data is for the first device, and wherein the additional data is sent to the second device when the third device indicates the additional data is for the second device.