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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:
May. 14, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mitchell N Rosich, Acton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395800 ; 395444 ; 395872 ; 3642397 ; 3642525 ; 364D / ;
Abstract
Read-write buffer apparatus is provided for reducing the time necessary to resolve read conflicts during normal and block mode read requests. Additionally, the read-write buffer apparatus provides a means for gathering non-sequential write requests in an internal write buffer, thus reducing the frequency of a buffer full condition. The enhanced read-write buffer apparatus minimizes CPU wait states, while increasing the CPU processing rate and improves overall data processing system throughput.