Methods and apparatus for list transfers using DMA transfers in a multi-processor system

Methods and apparatus provide for transferring a plurality of data blocks between a shared memory and a local memory of a processor in response to a single DMA command issued by the processor to a direct memory access controller (DMAC), wherein the processor is capable of operative communication wit...

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Hauptverfasser: YAMAZAKI TAKESHI, HORIKAWA TSUTOMU, DAY MICHAEL NORMAN, JOHNS CHARLES RAY, KAHLE JAMES ALLAN, LIU PEICHUN PETER
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Methods and apparatus provide for transferring a plurality of data blocks between a shared memory and a local memory of a processor in response to a single DMA command issued by the processor to a direct memory access controller (DMAC), wherein the processor is capable of operative communication with the shared memory and the DMAC is operatively coupled to the local memory.