Reducing write amplification in buffer trees
US10997144B2 · kind B2 · utility
0Cited by
5References
13Claims
0Family size
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 6, 2018 |
| Grant date | May 4, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 16, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/24552
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A buffer tree structure includes, at each internal node, a buffer having a compacted portion and an uncompacted portion. Insertion of data elements to the buffer tree can occur units called packets. A packet is initially stored in the uncompacted portion of a receiving node's buffer. After a time, packets in the uncompacted portion of a buffer are combined into compacted packets in the compacted portion of the buffer. A buffer-emptying (flush) operation pushes the compacted packets to children nodes.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.