Abstract: In general, in one aspect, the disclosure describes an apparatus capable to select a queue. The apparatus includes a queue occupancy device to indicate an occupancy status of the queues, a queue occupancy cache to record an update in occupancy status of a particular queue, a next queue selector to select a queue based on said queue occupancy device and a most recently serviced queue, and a queue identification register to identify a most recently serviced queue.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 20, 2003
Date of Patent:
February 14, 2006
Assignee:
Intel Corporation
Inventors:
Anujan Varma, Robert C. Restrick, Jaisimha Bannur