INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING GUARANTEES AT APPLICATION LEVEL

摘要

The invention relates to an integrated circuit and to a method for providing guarantees at application level in an integrated circuit, the integrated circuit comprising a plurality of modules coupled to an interconnect means for a transaction-based communication between each other via connections over the interconnect means. The invention relies on the concept that it is necessary to set up and configure separate connections for respectively write request messages, read request messages, data synchronization request messages and data synchronization response messages. If separate connections are deployed, they can be configured such that they provide a guaranteed performance. In this manner the communication behavior of the system as a whole becomes predictable.