EP1552669

• Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.since May 27, 2005

An integrated circuit comprising a plurality of modules (M, S) and a network (N) arranged for transferring messages between said modules (M, S) is provided, wherein a message issued by a first module (M) comprises first information indicative for a location of an addressed module within the network (N), and second information indicative for a location within the addressed module (S). Said integrated circuit further comprises at least one address translation means (AT) for arranging the first and the second information as a single address. Said address translation means (AT) is adapted to determine which module is addressed based on said single address, and the selected location of the addressed module (S) is determined based on said single address. Accordingly, the design of the first modules (M), i.e. master modules, can implemented independent of the address mapping to the addressed modules (S), i.e. the slave modules. Furthermore, a more efficient network resource utilization is achieved and this scheme is backward compatible with busses.

From the international application WO2004034676