Transaction Accelerator for Low-Cost Processor Bottleneck
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Solution Overview
Problem
Low-cost and low-performance processors can act as bottlenecks in computing devices, limiting overall performance by restricting transaction speed and throughput.
Innovation Solution
A transaction accelerator is introduced to increase transaction speed by managing transaction requests and responses between host devices and buses, allowing for more parallel transaction operations and protocol conversion between processors and buses.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If a low-cost and low-performance processor is used to reduce manufacturing costs, then manufacturing cost is reduced, but transaction speed and throughput are limited
Solution Approach 1:
A transaction accelerator is introduced as an intermediary component between the low-performance processor and the bus system. The accelerator handles transaction requests, performs protocol conversion, and manages data transfer, allowing the processor to operate at its designed performance level while achieving high transaction speeds through the accelerator's parallel processing capabilities and optimized bus interface.
2Ease of manufacture
If a low-performance processor is used to reduce manufacturing costs, then manufacturing cost is reduced, but overall device performance is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The transaction accelerator serves as a performance-enhancing intermediary that offloads transaction management tasks from the low-performance processor. It implements protocol conversion between different bus standards, manages multiple transaction slots for parallel operations, and handles address translation, thereby enabling the device to achieve high overall performance despite using a cost-effective processor.
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AI summary
A transaction accelerator may be connected between at least one host device and a bus, and a method of operating the transaction accelerator may include receiving a first transaction request from the at least one host device, transmitting the first transaction request to the bus, and transmitting a first transaction response corresponding to the first transaction request to the at least one host device, in response to the transmitting the first transaction request to the bus.


