Apparatus for queing and storing data writes into valid word patterns
US5357622A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 27, 1990 |
| Grant date | Oct 18, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 27, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/1008
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A digital computer system has a central processor unit (CPU) and a store queue facility. The store queue facility receives full digital words or segments thereof (bytes) for intermediate storage prior to storage in an addressable unit such as a dynamic random access memory (DRAM). The store queue facility has a plurality of registers for storing digital words and bytes for storage at different, discreet addresses in the addressable unit. The store queue has circuitry for assembling bytes into a digital word or into a plurality of bytes for ultimate storage in the addressable unit. Some combinations of bytes are not valid and will therefore not be entered together in a single digital word.
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