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Abstract

Methods, apparatus, and systems are presented for arbitrating access to a shared resource involve deciding whether to grant access to the shared resource to at least one of a first plurality of devices in accordance with a first arbitration algorithm and deciding whether to grant access to the shared resource to at least one of a second plurality of devices in accordance with a second arbitration algorithm distinct from the first arbitration algorithm, if access to the shared resource is not granted to at least one of the first plurality of devices.Arbitration algorithms that may be used as the first and/or second arbitration algorithm include fixed-priority algorithms, round-robin algorithms, and most-recently-used algorithms. In accordance with one embodiment, at least one of the first and second arbitration algorithms is implemented in hardware adapted to switch from executing one arbitration algorithm to executing another arbitration algorithm in one clock cycle.

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