Device for managing a plurality of independent queues in a common non-dedicated memory space
US5375208A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 23, 1992 |
| Grant date | Dec 20, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 23, 2012 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2205/066
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A device for managing a plurality of independent queues in a common non-dedicated memory space uses a set of memory space resource use vectors with one vector per managed queue. A vector defines a list of free memory space locations. Read and write pointer registers store the address of memory locations last written or read and a circuit for evaluating the closest successor of these latter memory locations. The device has the advantage of enabling all memory resources to be used, the same resource being usable by any queue.
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