Chapter 46. Pentium® 4 Priority Agent Arbitration
The Previous Chapter
This chapter provided a detailed description of how the processors arbitrate for ownership of the FSB. It included:
The Request Phase.
Logical versus Physical Processors.
No External Arbiter Required.
The Rotating ID.
The Busy/Idle Indicator.
Requesting Ownership.
Definition of an Arbitration Event.
This Chapter
This chapter provides a detailed description of how priority agents arbitrate for ownership of the FSB. It includes:
Priority Agent Arbitration—Despotism.
Example Priority Agents.
Priority Agent Beats Symmetric Agents, Unless...
Using Simple Approach, Priority Agent Suffers Penalty.
Smarter Priority Agent Gets Ownership Faster.
Ownership Attained in 1 BCLK.
Ownership Attained ...
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