Patent ID: 8065465
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system for flow control in a connection included within a control crossbar that routes control information generated by a control information generator to one or more destination components, the system comprising: a valid state accumulator coupled to the control information generator; one or more valid state dispensers, wherein each valid state dispenser is coupled to a different one of the one or more destination components; and one or more data paths, wherein each data path connects the valid state accumulator to a different one of the one or more valid state dispensers, wherein the valid state accumulator is configured to receive one or more valid states from the control information generator and to transmit the one or more valid states to each of the one or more valid state dispensers, wherein the valid state accumulator has a count that is incremented for each valid state received from the control information generator and decremented for each valid state transmitted to each of the one or more valid state dispensers, wherein the valid state accumulator is configured to continue transmitting valid states to each of the one or more valid state dispensers until the count of the valid state accumulator equals zero, wherein each of the valid state dispensers has a count that is incremented for each valid state received from the valid state accumulator, wherein the count of each of the valid state dispensers, once the count of the valid state accumulator equals zero, reflects an amount of available memory space associated with the control information generator, and wherein, once the count of the valid state accumulator equals zero, each valid state dispenser transmits the count of the valid state dispenser to the destination component coupled to the valid state dispenser.