MEMORY CONTROLLER AND METHOD FOR COUPLING A NETWORK AND A MEMORY,申请号US20060917020-传众专利搜索

MEMORY CONTROLLER AND METHOD FOR COUPLING A NETWORK AND A MEMORY

申请公布号：US2009083500(A1)

申请号：US20060917020

申请日期：2006.06.09

申请公布日期：2009.03.26

申请人：

NXP B.V.

发明人：BURCHARD ARTUR TADEUSZ;HEKSTRA-NOWACKA EWA;VAN DEN HAMER PETER;CHAUHAN ATUL PRATAP

分类号：G06F12/00

主分类号：G06F12/00

摘要：A memory controller (SMC) is provided the for coupling a memory (MEM) to a network (N). The network (N) comprises at least one network interface (PCIEI) having network interface buffers (TPB, FCB) for implementing a flow control across the network (N). The memory controller (SMC) comprises a buffer managing unit (BMU) for managing the buffering of data from the network (N) to exchange data with the memory (MEM) in bursts. The buffer managing unit (BMU) furthermore monitors the network interface buffers (TPB, FCB) in order to determine whether sufficient data is present in the network interface buffers (FCB) such that a burst of data can be written to the memory (MEM) and whether sufficient space is available in the network interface buffers (TPB) such that a burst of data from the memory (MEM) can be buffered in the network interface buffers (TPB). The buffer managing unit (BMU) controls the access to the memory (MEM) according to according to the data and/or space in the network interface buffers (FCB, TPB).