Additions on circular singly linked lists
US6883006B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 25, 2001 |
| Grant date | Apr 19, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 11, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99953
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
During a scan operation in a circular, singly linked list having a number of list entries each of which has an associated next pointer field and a root pointer register that includes a root pointer that points to, or otherwise references, an arbitrary list entry. In order to add a new list entry to the list, the root pointer included in the root pointer register is copied into a next pointer field of the added list entry. Next, the root pointer register is overwritten with a pointer that points to or otherwise references the added list entry. In this way, additions to a circular, singly linked list that are done at the time of scanning involve only a single SRAM write access.
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