Patents Examined by Greth D. Shaw
  • Patent number: 5119496
    Abstract: An interrupt processing method and an interrupt processing apparatus provides an end indicative information storing unit for storing an end indicative information of a daisy chain for at least one of a plurality peripheral units, the peripheral unit receiving the indicative information when the peripheral unit receives an acknowledge signal but does not output a request signal, and the peripheral unit outputs a specific chain end state signal to the central processing unit, so that the central processing unit is returned from a response waiting state. Therefore, when an error request signal is produced by noise, etc., delay at a central processing unit is reduced. Further, the daisy chain connection is cut at an optional portion and a request signal from an irrevelant peripheral unit is ignored, so that the efficiency of the processing is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1992
    Assignees: Fujitsu Limited, Fujitsu Microcomputer Systems Limited
    Inventors: Sinji Nishikawa, Hiroyuki Fujiyama, Kouichi Kuroiwa, Shinji Oyamada, Hidetoshi Shimura