Patent ID: 11929940
Assignee: MARVELL ASIA PTE LTD
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC G  H

Claim 36:
37. A system comprising:
a resource;
request grant logic; and
a circuit including a pending arbiter (PA) and a valid arbiter (VA), the PA arbiter configured to output a PA selection for accessing a resource, the PA selection based on PA input, the PA input representing respective pending-state of requesters of the resource, the valid arbiter (VA) configured to output a VA selection for accessing the resource, the VA selection based on VA input, the VA input representing respective valid-state of the requesters,
the circuit configured to (i) perform a validity check on the PA selection output and (ii) output a final selection for accessing the resource by selecting, based on the validity check performed, the PA selection output or VA selection output,
the request grant logic configured to grant a request to access the resource, the request received from a requester of the requesters, the request granted based on the final selection output indicating the requester.