Memory handling system that backfills dual-port buffer from overflow buffer when dual-port buffer is no longer full
US6044419A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 30, 1997 |
| Grant date | Mar 28, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 30, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F5/06
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for buffering data. The apparatus stores information in a buffer. When the buffer is full, overflow data is stored in an overflow memory. As data is removed from the buffer, the overflow data is transferred from overflow memory to the buffer.
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