A prioritized address decoder has been disclosed. One embodiment of the
prioritized address decoder includes a first comparator to compare a
destination device address of data with a first address range associated
with a first device and a second comparator coupled to the first
comparator to compare the destination device address with a second
address range associated with a second device, wherein the data is sent
to the second device in response to a first output of the first
comparator and a second output of the second comparator.