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Patent Title: Pipelined read transfers

Assignee: IBM
Patent Number: US6240474
Issue Date: 05-29-2001
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File Date:09-16-1997


Abstract: A methodology and implementing system are provided in which pipelined read transfers or PRTs are implemented. The PRTs include a request phase and a response phase. The PRT request phase involves a PRT request master delivering to a PRT request target, a source address, a destination address and the transfer size for the data being requested. In the PRT response phase, the PRT request target becomes a PRT response master, i.e. a PCI bus master, and initiates a completion of the transaction that was requested in the originating PRT request.

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