Patent ID: 7194577

Claim:
A method of processing requests comprising the acts of: (a) storing a first request in a first storage device during a first clock cycle; (b) transmitting the first request from the first storage device during a second clock cycle, the second clock cycle being immediately subsequent to the first clock cycle, wherein act (b) comprises the acts of: transmitting the first request to a memory controller; and processing the first request by the memory controller; (c) storing a second request in a second storage device during the second clock cycle; (d) transmitting the second request from the second storage device during a third clock cycle, the third clock cycle being immediately subsequent to the second clock cycle, wherein act (d) comprises the acts of: transmitting the second request to the memory controller; and processing the second request immediately subsequent to the processing of the first request; and (e) storing a third request in the first storage device during the third clock cycle.