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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Christopher Spiegel, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Chris McAllen, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 ;
Abstract
A queue, either in software or hardware, with a plurality of layers with each layer having a plurality of locations. The queue receives a command, and compares the command with the pending commands in the queue to determine if the command should be processed, and, if the command should be processed then store the command in one of the plurality of locations in one of the plurality of layers; and forward the command to a system or a memory in response to a priority.