Method of using a flash memory for a circular buffer
US7725646B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 2, 2007 |
| Grant date | May 25, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 30, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F12/0246
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of using a FLASH memory for a circular buffer, and the FLASH memory for same, the method including one or more of the following steps in various exemplary embodiments: providing a circular buffer having a plurality of sectors; designating a byte of each of the plurality of sectors of the circular buffer as a binary state indicator; saving data sequentially in the circular buffer; and cycling through a plurality of sectors of the binary state indicators, such as empty or erase, last, middle and first, as the data is sequentially saved in the circular buffer.
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