Patent ID: 7209998

Claim:
A method of communication between a sending component and a receiving component over a bus, the bus comprising first and second channels, the method comprising: broadcasting from the sending component on the first channel read and write address information, read and write control signals, and write data; signaling from the sending component to the receiving component such that the receiving component can distinguish between the read and write address information, the read and write control signals, and the write data broadcast on the first channel; storing the write data broadcast on the first channel at the receiving component based on the write address information and the write control signals; retrieving read data from the receiving component based on the read address information and the read control signals; broadcasting from the receiving component the retrieved read data on the second channel; and wherein the first channel comprises a plurality of sub-channels, a first one of the sub-channels operable to carry a portion of the address information during a first time period concurrently with the broadcast of a portion of the control signals on a second one of the sub-channels during the same time period and, in a second time period, the first one of the sub-channels operable to carry a portion of write data.