High-speed determining unit for prioritizing and arbitrating among competing input signals

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PATENT NO 5245603
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07712960

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A determining unit in a computer, communication of other system for determining which one of a plurality of requests by competing input signals is to be honored. The determining unit includes a priority and an arbiter unit with a plurality of stages of arbiter blocks cascaded together from arbiter blocks in a first stage to arbiter blocks in a last stage in a binary tree. The forward output signals from blocks in one stage connect as forward input signals to blocks in a next stage and reverse output signals from blocks in one stage connect as reverse input signals to blocks in a previous stage.

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NETWORK EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGIES INC6900 PASEO PADRE PARKWAY FREMONT CA 94555

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Newman, Peter Mountain View, CA 44 2086

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