Computer write-initiated special transferoperation
US5261074A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 15, 1992 |
| Grant date | Nov 9, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 15, 2012 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/14
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for performing a transfer of digital information. A starting address is sent from a central processing unit of a digital computer to a bus, to a memory, and to a subsystem. A word count is sent from the central processing unit to a bus and to a subsystem. A block of data having a starting address that is the address of a first word in the block of data and having a word count that represents the number of words in the block of data is sent directly from the memory to the subsystem via the bus.
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