Patent ID: 7734853

Claim:
An apparatus for processing data, said apparatus comprising: one or more buses for transmitting data; a source device coupled to at least one of said one or more buses and configured to send data via said one or more buses; a destination device coupled to said source device via said one or more buses and configured to receive and to process said data; and transmission mode selecting circuitry coupled to at least one of said source device and said one or more buses and responsive to a mode selecting signal to select one of a first transmission mode for said data and a second transmission mode for said data, said second transmission mode having a lower latency between said destination device receiving said data and being able to process said data than said first transmission mode; wherein said mode selecting signal is indicative of a latency requirement of said destination device, and wherein said mode selecting signal is generated within said transmission mode selecting circuitry and transmitted to said source device and said destination device.