Patent ID: 6484244
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: G06F,G11C

Abstract:
A system for receiving a plurality of command packets, each of which contain at least one packet word, and generating from the packet word in each command packet at least one corresponding command signal, the system comprising:a command buffer receiving and storing at least a portion of at least one packet word in each packet, the command buffer applying the stored portion of each command packet to a command bus; a plurality of command units coupled to the command bus of the command buffer, each of the command units storing at least a portion of a packet word received from the command buffer responsive to a respective select signal, each of the command units generating a respective busy signal indicating that a portion of a packet word has been stored in the command unit, the command unit generating on a respective output terminal the command signal corresponding to the stored portion of the packet word; and a control circuit receiving the busy signals from the respective command units to determine which of the command units are storing a portion of a packet word, the control circuit applying a respective select signal to one of the command units from which a busy signal is not being received to cause the command unit receiving the select signal to store the portion of the packet word received from the command buffer.