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Memory configuration with I/O support

US7143211B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Systemonic AG · DE

Inventors

Wolfram Drescher · Dresden, DE
Volker Aue · Dortmund, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 15, 2001
Grant date	Nov 28, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 15, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F13/4217
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for configuring a memory with I/O support. The aim of the invention is to guarantee the processor and I/O functional units that function in time-critical conditions the appropriate priority for data access, using simple programs. To this end, an input memory area which the I/O unit can only write into and which the processor unit can only read out of and an output memory area which the I/O unit can only read out of and which the processor unit can only write into are specified in the processor.

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