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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 16, 1995
William H Oldfield, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Advanced Risc Machines Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Abstract
A data memory having an addressable array of memory cells which can be accessed as predetermined groups of memory cells, comprises output buffer means for storing the contents of at least the most recently read group of memory cells and another previously read group of memory cells; and reading means, responsive to an indication that the contents of the group of memory cells containing the required memory cell is not stored in the output buffer means, for reading the contents of the group of memory cells containing the required memory cell into the output buffer means; the contents of at least the required memory cell being supplied as an output from the output buffer means.