Patent ID: 11960416
Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. A method, comprising:
receiving a memory request from a peripheral;
placing one or more portions of the received memory request in a memory channel queue of a set of memory channel queues associated with the peripheral;
selecting the memory channel queue using an arbitration algorithm, wherein the memory channel queue is selected based on at least one of a load level of the memory channel associated with the set of memory channel queues and a length of time a portion of the received memory requests have been in a memory channel queue;
presenting the one or more portions of the received memory request in the selected memory channel queue to a second arbitration module for selection by the second arbitration module; and
outputting the presented one or more portions of the received memory requests based on the selection by the second arbitration module.