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Method and system for multi-channel transfer of data and control information

  • US 7,107,383 B1
  • Filed: 05/03/2000
  • Issued: 09/12/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for transferring data in a multi-channel, point-to-point environment, the system comprising:

  • a plurality of processing chips connected to a bridge bus;

    a bridge connected to the bridge bus and to a system bus;

    a plurality of buffers coupled to the bridge, each buffer being assigned to a respective processing chip; and

    a first memory connected to the bridge, the first memory storing cells that are exchanged between the bridge bus and the system bus, each cell including an address for the at least one processing chip, wherein the bridge places a cell destined for a destination processing chip in the respective buffer assigned to the destination processing chip and wherein the bridge places a cell received from an initiating processing chip in a location assigned to the initiating processing chip in a second memory coupled to the system bus.

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