A computer memory for accessing any word-sized group of contiguous bits
US4920483A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 15, 1985 |
| Grant date | Apr 24, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 15, 2005 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09G2360/121
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A memory for use in a digital data system stores n-bit words, and provides for accessing any group of n contiguous bits, regardless of whether aligned on an n-bit boundary. Barrel shifters facilitate rotating the retrieved bits so as to align them as convenient.
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