Patent ID: 7254660
Filing Date: 2007-08-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of transferring data between a single master chip and a plurality of slave chips, comprising: a connecting step of connecting the master chip and the slave chips that receive data transferred from the master chip, by a rind-shape path; and a data transfer step of transferring the data from the master chip to the slave chips via the rind-shape path, wherein the data transferred in said data transfer step comprises transactions, each of the transactions having information on at least one of writing, reading, configuration, and resetting to be executed on at least one of the slave chips, wherein the transactions include a command transaction containing information on a command, and a data transaction containing information on data for a register, the command transaction and the data transaction being separately transferred to each of the slave chips, and wherein the command transaction includes a first identifier for determining whether the transaction is for reading, writing, or configuration, a second identifier for determining whether the data is the command transaction or the data transaction, a third identifier for determining a data width of data of the data transaction, information on an address of the register for execution of the writing or the reading, and identifying information for discriminating between the slave chips.