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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:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
May. 24, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 ;
Abstract
A programmable split-queue structure includes a first queue area for receiving entries, a second queue area for outputting entries input to said first queue area, and a queue overflow engine logically coupled to the first queue area and the second queue area. The queue overflow engine functions to transfer entries from the first queue area to the second queue area using one of two transfer modes. The queue overflow engine selects the most appropriate transfer mode based on a prescribed threshold value that can be dynamically programmed. An overflow storage area having high capacity may be provided in an external memory in order to increase the overall capacity of the queue structure.