IBM SG24-4576-00 Server User Manual


 
Figure 7. Micro Channel - Basic Data Transfer (20 MBps)
However, in many cases, blocks transferred to and from memory are stored in
sequential addresses, so repeatedly sending the address for each 4 bytes is
unnecessary. With data streaming transfers, the initial address is sent, and then
the blocks of data are sent; it is then assumed that the data requests are
sequential. Figure 8 shows 40 MBps data streaming in operation.
Figure 8. Micro Channel - Data Streaming Transfer (40 MBps)
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