Read-modify-write operation
US5008886A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 27, 1989 |
| Grant date | Apr 16, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 27, 2009 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/1056
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for a read-modify-write operation in a digital computer memory system which reduces memory data path buffer storage requirements with a procedure which includes latching new write data and associated mask fields into a data output buffer and then merging read data with the new data in the output buffer according to the latched mask fields.
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