DMA transfer device capable of high-speed consecutive access to pages in a memory
US6633926B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 29, 1999 |
| Grant date | Oct 14, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 29, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F13/28
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A DMA transfer device transfers data from a first region to a second region in a memory allowing high-speed page access. The DMA transfer device includes: a first detecting unit for detecting a plurality of read areas that form the first region, each read area being located between page boundaries; a second detecting unit for detecting a plurality of write areas that form the second region, each write area being located between page boundaries; and an access unit for performing high-speed page access to each of the read areas and each of the write areas.
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