Method and apparatus for providing two parties transparent access to a single-port memory storage device
CA 2079623 C · Owner: Mckenna, James L. · Inventors: Mckenna, James L.
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A data communication controller having a memory access control unit characterized by a symmetrical access port architecture. The memory access control unit allows both a host processor and the medium access control (MAC) unit of the data communication controller to transparently access a single-port data packet buffer memory while operating a full specified operating speed and without interference between simultaneous memory access requests. The memory access control unit arbitrates asynchronous memory access requests from both the host processor and the medium access control unit while, permitting each of these processors unlimited access to the single-port buffer memory as if it alone …
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- Filed October 1, 1992 and granted December 12, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 1, 2012.
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