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Adjusting subline address for burst transfer to/from computer memory

US7248380B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateDec 18, 1992
Grant dateJul 24, 2007
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Expiry dateDec 18, 2012

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F12/0879
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A burst-mode data transfer arrangement for transferring a “LINE” of data, arranged in a four-subline array, between a 32-bit-subline memory and a cache memory having 64 bits per sub-line, where, in every such transfer, four sublines must be transferred successively in one of four different sequences, depending on whether the initial access-subline is subline-#1, -#2, -#3 or -#4; this arrangement being adapted to derive the address of the third subline by:

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