MULTICHANNEL PRIORITY DEVICE Russian patent published in 1998 - IPC

FIELD: computer engineering; organizing access to shared resources. SUBSTANCE: device has channels I₁.......I_n, each incorporating first and second request flip-flops 2 and 3, and AND gate 4, NOR gate 5, first counter 6, decoder 7, first, second, and third OR gates 8,9, and 10, request available flip- flop 11, second and third counters 12 and 13, and storage unit 14. EFFECT: improved reliability due to eliminating loss of newly arriving requests. 1 dwg