System and method for identifying empty locations in a scrambled memory
US7103734B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 28, 2003 |
| Grant date | Sep 5, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 20, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F12/1408
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system includes a memory operable to store scrambled data at a plurality of memory locations. The system also includes an empty detector operable to determine whether a specified memory location is empty using contents of the specified memory location. The contents of the specified memory location are not descrambled for use by the empty detector in determining whether the specified memory location is empty.
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