Patent ID: 8737233
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for increasing a throughput of an electrical bus that connects at least two devices in a system, comprising: introducing at least one signal hold stage in a signal-receiving one of the two devices, such that a maximum frequency at which the two devices are operated is not limited by a number of cycles of an operating frequency of the electrical bus needed for a signal to propagate from a signal-transmitting one of the two devices to the signal-receiving one of the two devices; wherein each of the two devices comprises a pipelined architecture with one or more pipeline stages for buffering signals, and the signal-transmitting one of the two devices comprises a multiplexer for multiplexing buffered signals from at least one pipeline stage to generate a multiplexed signal that is propagated over the electrical bus, and the signal-receiving one of the two devices comprises a de-multiplexer for de-multiplexing the multiplexed signal received over the electrical bus.