Apparatus and methods for increasing memory utilization
US6148373A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 4, 1998 |
| Grant date | Nov 14, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 4, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F12/04
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and device for increasing memory utilization using a central processing unit with a Harvard architecture, and by putting speech data into the program memory, that is, putting both the program and the data into the same program memory, memory which is normally wasted by internal instruction is now conserved. Furthermore, no changes are required in the hardware of the central processing unit except for some minor changes to the external circuits, so the original central processing unit can be immediately used for the fabrication of prototypes and programs can be developed faster benefiting market expansion.
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