CPC G06F 13/366 (2013.01) [G06F 13/4031 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. An apparatus comprising:
a first interface configured to receive requests corresponding to a given type of request from a first source and a second source;
a plurality of buffers configured to store the requests;
a second interface configured to receive messages from an arbiter; and
control circuitry configured to:
in response to a determination that a group of two or more buffers store types of requests with an ordering dependence between them:
determine merged attributes of the two or more buffers within the group; and
use the merged attributes when selecting requests of a type not being blocked.
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