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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masayuki Takeshige, Kasugai, JP;
Assignees:
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu VLSI Limited, Kasugai, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395280 ; 395309 ; 3642423 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for transferring digital data is herein disclosed using a central processing unit and a direct memory access controller. Based on the control of the central processing unit, a direct memory access controller counts the number of words stored in a memory device by determining the number and position of the bytes contained in the words comprising the data to be transferred.