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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 1985
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard L Coulson, Stanford, CA (US);
Ronald L Blickenstaff, Boulder, CO (US);
P David Dodd, Boulder, CO (US);
Robert J Moreno, Boulder, CO (US);
Dean P Kinard, Longmont, CO (US);
Assignee:
Storage Technology Corporation, Louisville, CO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364300 ; 364200 ;
Abstract
A method of operation of a memory array for storage of records of differing predetermined sizes is disclosed which features division of the array into domains which are substantially integral multiples of the predetermined record sizes. In a preferred embodiment the domain allocation may be varied adaptively in accordance with usage so as to enable more efficient use of the array.