Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for maintaining specific ordering in bus traffic
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Application No.: US16017198Application Date: 2018-06-25
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Publication No.: US10255218B1Publication Date: 2019-04-09
- Inventor: Yiu Chun Tse , Deniz Balkan , Vinodh R. Cuppu , Shawn Munetoshi Fukami , Jaideep Dastidar , Hengsheng Geng
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert and Goetzel PC
- Agent Rory D. Rankin
- Main IPC: G06F13/40
- IPC: G06F13/40 ; G06F13/20

Abstract:
A system and method for efficiently bridging two communication protocols. In various embodiments, a computing system includes an interconnect for routing traffic among agents and endpoints. The agents use a first communication protocol and the endpoints use a second communication protocol that differs from the first protocol with regard to at least the ordering that is enforced between transactions. A bridge selects transactions of a first type and a second type used in the first protocol for processing based on the first protocol ordering while using acknowledgments used by the second protocol.
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