Patent ID: 6044207
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
An I/O bus bridge system for bridging a first I/O bus, and a second I/O bus, the system comprising: a first bridge interface and a second bridge interface; the first bridge interface for operational connection to the first I/O bus and the second bridge interface for operational connection to the second I/O bus; a data cache; a first data access path between the first bridge interface and the data cache, the first access path having at least one first path buffer to store incoming or outgoing primary bus data; a second data access path between the second bridge interface and the data cache, the second access path having at least one second path buffer to store incoming or outgoing secondary bus data; and means for controlling simultaneous bi-directional data flow between the first bridge interface and the second bridge interface by way of the data cache.