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Flag-based high-speed I/O data transfer

US5450543A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 11, 1994
Grant dateSep 12, 1995
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Expiry dateOct 11, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G5/393
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A memory address pointer that selects a memory location that is mapped to a video graphics circuit port is incremented only when all bytes in a memory location have been read from or written to by the host CPU. This does not depend on the order in which the host CPU reads or writes data bytes. Therefore a video controller that uses the present invention will work with 8 bit, 16 bit as well as high performance 32 bit input/output instructions.

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