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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hideyo Tsuruta, Katano, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ;
Abstract
A FIFO memory device for inputting/outputting data having variable lengths of the present invention, includes: a first holding portion for holding data having a maximum data length MAX of input data to be input to the FIFO memory device; a second holding portion for holding residue data having a data length shorter than the maximum data length; and an input selecting portion for selectively inputting the input data to the first holding portion and the second holding portion in accordance with a data length IBP of the residue data and a data length WB of the input data.