System and method for identifying empty locations in a scrambled memory
US7509464B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 24, 2006 |
| Grant date | Mar 24, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 14, 2027 |
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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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