Various methods and apparatus to support outstanding requests to multiple targets while maintaining transaction ordering

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9495290
APP PUB NO 20080320476A1
SERIAL NO

12144987

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A method, apparatus, and system are described, which generally relate to an integrated circuit having an interconnect that implements internal controls. The interconnect in an integrated circuit communicates transactions between initiator Intellectual Property (IP) cores and target IP cores coupled to the interconnect. The interconnect implements logic configured to support multiple transactions issued from a first initiator IP core to the multiple target IP cores while maintaining an expected execution order within the transactions. The logic supports a second transaction to be issued from the first initiator IP core to a second target IP core before a first transaction issued from the same first initiator IP core to a first target IP core has completed while ensuring that the first transaction completes before the second transaction and while ensuring an expected execution order within the first transaction and second transaction are maintained. The logic does not include any reorder buffering.

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META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES LLC1 META WAY MENLO PARK CA 94025

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chou, Chien-Chun Saratoga, US 33 758
Hamilton, Stephen W Pembroke Pines, US 18 623
Swarbrick, Ian Andrew Sunnyvale, US 11 498
Vakilotojar, Vida Mountain View, US 10 482
Wingard, Drew E Palo Alto, US 39 1298

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