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System Interface Operations 81<br />

6.4 System Interface Signals<br />

6.5 Master and Slave States<br />

6.6 Connecting to an External Agent<br />

The <strong>R10000</strong> System interface is composed of:<br />

• 3 arbitration signals<br />

• 2 flow-control input signals<br />

• a bidirectional 12-bit command bus<br />

• a bidirectional 64-bit multiplexed address/data bus<br />

• a 3-bit state output bus<br />

• a 5-bit response input bus<br />

At any time, the System interface is either in master or slave state.<br />

In master state, the processor drives the bidirectional System interface signals and<br />

is permitted to issue processor requests to the external agent.<br />

In slave state, the processor tristates the bidirectional System interface signals and<br />

accepts external requests from the external agent.<br />

In a uni- or multiprocessor system using dedicated external agents, the System<br />

interface connects to a single external agent.<br />

In a multiprocessor system using the cluster bus (see below), the system can<br />

connect up to four <strong>R10000</strong> processors to an external agent. This external agent is<br />

referred to as the cluster coordinator.<br />

<strong>MIPS</strong> <strong>R10000</strong> <strong>Microprocessor</strong> <strong>User's</strong> <strong>Manual</strong> Version 2.0 of January 29, 1997

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