System for generating buffer status flags by comparing read and write pointers and determining direction of progression of read pointer with respect to write pointer
US5978868A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 28, 1997 |
| Grant date | Nov 2, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 28, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/385
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A buffer comprising a plurality of storage elements, a write pointer configured to indicate a particular storage element to write data received from an input data stream and a plurality of read pointers, each configured to indicate a particular data location to read data from to generate a number of output data streams. The input data stream and the output data streams may be part of a data communications device.
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