发明名称 Method and apparatus for accessing MMR registers distributed across a large asic
摘要 A method and apparatus for accessing memory-mapped registers that are distributed across a large integrated circuit. Some embodiments provide a method for accessing memory-mapped registers that are distributed across a first integrated circuit, the first integrated circuit including a plurality of logic subset modules, wherein each of the plurality of logic subset modules includes one or more memory-mapped registers. This method includes receiving a memory-mapped register access request into the first integrated circuit, serially transmitting, through each of the plurality of logic subset modules, a first plurality of data packets based on the memory-mapped register access request, wherein the first plurality of data packets includes an address specification for a memory-mapped register associated with a first one of the logic subset modules, and within the first logic subset module, accessing the memory-mapped register associated with the first logic subset module. Another aspect of the present invention provides an MMR circuit for accessing memory-mapped registers that are distributed across a first integrated circuit chip, the first integrated circuit chip including a plurality of logic subset modules.
申请公布号 US6779072(B1) 申请公布日期 2004.08.17
申请号 US20000619722 申请日期 2000.07.20
申请人 SILICON GRAPHICS, INC. 发明人 SAUDER MARK F.;ANDERSON MICHAEL L.;FROMM ERIC C.
分类号 G06F12/00;G06F12/06;(IPC1-7):G06F12/00 主分类号 G06F12/00
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