Patent ID: 6823423
Filing Date: 2004-11-23
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for interfacing a first component and a second component, the first component being associated with a first electrical interface and first communication type, and the second component being associated with a second electrical interface and second communication type, comprising the following steps:receiving from the first component a request for an access operation comprising one of at least a write operation and a read operation, the request comprising a requested data address associated with the second component; determining whether data corresponding to the requested data address is missing from memory, the memory being independent of the second component; and when the data is missing from the memory, intercepting the request, loading the data from the second component to the memory, and performing the requested access operation, wherein modified data is converted from the first communication type to the second communication type and written to the memory and to the second component during a write operation, and wherein data is converted from the second communication type to the first communication type and read by the first component during a read operation.