Patent ID: 6912611

Claim:
A bus interface unit for transferring data between a plurality of bus devices, said bus interface unit comprising: a first bus device interface comprising: a first incoming request bus for receiving one or more request packets from a first one of said plurality of bus devices; a first outgoing request bus for transmitting one or more request packets to said first bus device; a first incoming data bus for receiving one or more data packets from said first bus device; and a first outgoing data bus for transmitting one or more data packets to said first bus device; and a second bus device interface comprising: a second incoming request bus for receiving one or more request packets from a second one of said plurality of bus devices; a second outgoing request bus for transmitting one or more request packets to said second bus device; a second incoming data bus for receiving one or more data packets from said second bus device; and a second outgoing data bus for transmitting one or more data packets to said second bus device.