Patent ID: 6715009
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
An apparatus comprising:a first and a second first in, first out storage structure (FIFO) correspondingly associated with a first and a second resource; and first and second logic correspondingly coupled to the first and the second FIFO to write a first and a second control value into a first and a second current write storage location of the first and the second FIFO respectively when the first resource is assigned with a first task, to write the second and the first control value into a third and a fourth current write storage location of the first and the second FIFO respectively when the second resource is assigned with a second task, to remove the first and the second control value from a first and a second current read storage location of the first and the second FIFO respectively when the first resource outputs a first result of the first task, and to remove the second and the first control value from a third and a fourth current read storage location of the first and the second FIFO respectively when the second resource outputs a second result of the second task.