Patent ID: 7366818

Claim:
Integrated circuit comprising a plurality of processing modules (M, S) said modules being disposed on the same chip, and a network (N; RN) arranged for providing at least one connection between a first and at least one second module (M, S), wherein said modules communicate via a network on chip, and wherein said connection supports transactions comprising outgoing messages from the first module to the second modules and return messages from the second modules to the first module, the integrated circuit comprising at least one dropping means (DM) for dropping data exchanged by said first and second module (M, S), and at least one interface means (ANIP, PNIP) for managing the interface between a module (M, S) and the network (N, RN), wherein said interface means (ANIP, PNIP) comprises a first dropping means (DM) for dropping data, and wherein the dropping of data and therefore the transaction completion can be controlled by the interface means.