摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a scheduling apparatus that can increase performance while reducing delay in the execution of a high priority request. <P>SOLUTION: The apparatus 10 for scheduling requests to a source device 110 comprises a high priority request queue 12 for storing a plurality of high priority requests to the source device 110, and a low priority request queue 14 for storing a low priority request to the source device 110. The priority of one of the high priority requests is higher than the priority of the low priority request. The apparatus 10 further comprises a history counter 16 for storing information related to at least one requesting interval between two adjacent high priority requests, and a scheduling module 18 for scheduling the high priority requests and the low priority request according to the information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI</p> |