Apparatus for translating data formats starting at an arbitrary byte position
US5410677A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 30, 1991 |
| Grant date | Apr 25, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 30, 2011 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/4018
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A circuit for translating data in one of a plurality of data formats into data in any of the other of the plurality of the data formats including apparatus for storing data from a first number of input bytes of data, apparatus for selecting unused bytes from the first number of data bytes stored by the apparatus for storing data and from a second number of input bytes of data, apparatus for placing the unused bytes selected in numerical byte order, and apparatus for placing the data in the numerical byte order in byte position for transfer to the format of a destination device.
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