Patent ID: 9170979
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: G06F,G06N

Abstract:
1. An integrated circuit comprising: one or more transactions data sources; one or more transaction data destinations; and interconnect circuitry coupled to said one or more transactions data sources and said one or more transaction data destinations and configured to transfer transaction data between said one or transaction data sources and said one or more transaction data destinations; wherein said interconnect circuitry comprises a plurality of interconnect nodes and said interconnect circuitry is configured to transfer transaction data between said interconnect nodes along a plurality of data paths between said one or more transaction data sources and said one or more transaction data destinations; and at least one of said plurality of interconnect nodes is a converging interconnect node disposed at a point of convergence between two or more of said plurality of data paths, said converging interconnect node comprising: prediction data generation circuitry configured to generate prediction data based upon a current item of transaction data passing through said converging interconnect node, said prediction data including at least data indicative of a prediction of a time when a future item of transaction data associated with said current item of transaction data will arrive at said converging interconnect node; prediction data storage circuitry coupled to said prediction data generation circuitry and configured to store said prediction data; and prediction data evaluation circuitry coupled to said prediction data storage circuitry and configured to control operation of said converging interconnect node in dependence upon said prediction data with respect to the future item.