Control function employing a requesting master id and a data address to qualify data access within an integrated system

摘要

An access control function for an integrated system is provided which determines data access based on the master id of a requesting master within the system and the address of the data. The access control function can be inserted, for example, into the data transfer path between bus control logic and one or more slaves. In addition to determining whether to grant access to the data, the access control function can further qualify the access by selectively implementing encryption and decryption of data, again dependent on the data authorization level for the particular functional master initiating the request for data.