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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:
Nov. 21, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2000
Applicants:
James Murray, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jean-didier Allegrucci, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
James Murray, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jean-Didier Allegrucci, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/28 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
According to one embodiment a system is described. The system includes a direct memory access (DMA) controller and an input/output (I/O) device coupled to the DMA controller. The DMA controller is adaptable to operate in a normal mode and a descriptor mode.