Electronic Device And A Method For Arbitrating Shared Resources

摘要

An electronic device is provided comprising a plurality of first shared resources (SR 1 -SR 4 ) and a plurality of arbiter units (AAU 1 -AAU 4 ) each for performing an arbitration for at least one of the plurality of shared resources (SR 1 -SR 4 ). The communication between the arbiter units (AAU 1 -AAU 4 ) is performed on an asynchronous basis, and the data communication between the first shared resources is performed on an asynchronous basis. Each arbiter unit (AAU 1 -AAU 4 ) is adapted for sending a first token (T) to at least one neighboring arbiter unit (AAU 1 -AAU 4 ), and for receiving a second token (T) from at least one neighboring arbiter unit (AAU 1 -AAU 4 ) to implement a first global notion of time.