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- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for transferring information within and between system-on-chips via intra-chip and inter-chip hopping buses
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Application No.: US14564499Application Date: 2014-12-09
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Publication No.: US09959237B2Publication Date: 2018-05-01
- Inventor: Hongming Zheng
- Applicant: Marvell World Trade LTD.
- Applicant Address: BB St. Michael
- Assignee: Marvell World Trade Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Marvell World Trade Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: BB St. Michael
- Main IPC: G06F13/42
- IPC: G06F13/42 ; G06F13/38 ; H04L12/781

Abstract:
A system-on-chip including non-hopping bus interfaces and a hopping bus. The non-hopping bus interfaces include a first non-hopping bus interface and a second non-hopping bus interface. The first non-hopping bus interface is configured to, based on a first protocol, receive information. The hopping bus includes intra-chip adaptors. The intra-chip adaptors are connected in series and respectively to the non-hopping bus interfaces. The intra-chip adaptors are configured to (i) according to a second protocol, convert the information into a first format for transmission over the hopping bus, and (ii) transfer the information in the first format over the hopping bus and between the intra-chip adaptors. The second protocol is different than the first protocol. The second non-hopping bus interface is configured to receive the information from the hopping bus based on the transmission of the information over the hopping bus.
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