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Inter-domain data mover for a memory-to-memory copy engine

US7370137B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 6, 2005
Grant dateMay 6, 2008
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Expiry dateJun 22, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F12/1009
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Address translation for a source and destination of the data that utilizes different page tables. A direct memory access (DMA) engine is used as a memory-to-memory copy engine by utilizing a page-table walk and address translation for a source side of the copy, and an independent page-table walk and address translation for a destination side of the copy.

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