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Method and apparatus for efficiently moving portions of a memory block

US6948010B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 20, 2000
Grant dateSep 20, 2005
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Expiry dateMar 27, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F13/28
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and system for transferring portions of a memory block. A first data mover is configured with a first start address corresponding to a first portion of a source memory block. A second data mover is configured with a second start address corresponding to a second portion of the source memory block sized differently from the first portion. The first portion of the source memory block is transferred by the first data mover and the second portion of the source memory block is transferred by the second data mover.

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