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Data formatter for shifting data to correct data lanes

US6711494B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 30, 2001
Grant dateMar 23, 2004
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Expiry dateFeb 17, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F5/10
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A data formatter includes a shift register and a pointer manager. The shift register receives data from a providing RAM and shifts that data in response to reading data from the providing RAM and writing data to a receiving FIFO. A pointer manager maintains a pointer that points to a first valid byte in a sub-block of data into the correct bytes lanes of the FIFO by moving the pointer as data is shifted into and out of the shift register.

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