Pipelined Address Cycle - Intel 80386 Reference Manual

lOCAL BUS INTERFACE
Figure 3-9 shows two non-pipelined address write cycles (one with and one without a wait
state . .The sequence of signals for a non-pipelined write cycle is as follows:
• The 80386 initiates the cycle by driving ADS# low. The states of the address bus
(A31-A2), byte enable pins (BE3#-BEO#), and bus status outputs (M/IO#, D/C#,
W /R#, and LOCK#) at the CLK edge when ADS# is sampled low to determine the type
of bus cycle to be performed. For a write cycle,
- W /R# is high
- M/IO# is high for a memory write, low for an I/O write
-D/C# is high
- LOCK# is low if the bus cycle is a locked cycle. Only a memory write cycle (in a read-
modify-write sequence) is locked. No other bus master should be permitted to control
the bus between two locked bus cycles.
The address bus, byte enable pins, and bus status pins (with the exception of ADS#)
remain active through the end of the write cycle.
• At the start of Phase 2 in Ti, output data becomes valid on the data bus. This data
remains valid until the start of Phase 2 in T1 of the next bus cycle.
• At the end of T2, READY # is sampled. If READY # is low, the write cycle terminates.
• If READY # is not low, wait states are added until READY # is sampled low. READY #
is sampled at the end of each wait state.
• Once READY# is sampled low, the write cycle terminates. If a new bus cycle is pending,
it begins on the next CLK cycle.
3.1.6 Pipelined Address Cycle
Address pipelining allows bus cycles to be overlapped, increasing the amount of time avail-
able for the memory or I/O device to respond. The NA# input of the 80386 controls address
pipelining. NA# is generated by logic in the system to indicate that the address bus is no
longer needed (for example, after the address has been latched). If the system is designed so
that NA# goes active before the end of the cycle, address pipelining may occur.
NA# is sampled at the rising CLK2 edge of Phase 2 of each CLK cycle. Once NA# is
sampled active, the address, byte enables, and bus status signals for the next bus cycle are
output as soon as they are available internally. Once NA# is sampled active, it is not required
again until the CLK cycle after ADS# goes active.
Figure 3-10 illustrates the effect of NA#. During the second CLK cycle (T2) of a non-
pipelined address cycle, NA# is sampled low. The address, byte enables, and bus status
signals for the next bus cycle are output in the third CLK cycle (the first wait state of the
current bus cycle). Thereafter, NA# is sampled in the next CLK cycle after ADS# is valid
(Tl of each bus cycle); if NA# is active, the address, byte enables and bus-status pins for
the next cycle are output in T2 if another bus cycle is pending.
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