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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2003
Applicants:
Richard L. Solomon, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Eugene Saghi, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Amanda White, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Inventors:
Richard L. Solomon, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Eugene Saghi, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Amanda White, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Assignee:
LSI Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/26 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for traversing a queue of commands containing a mixture of read and write commands places a Next Valid Write Address pointer in each queue entry. In this manner, time savings are achieved by allowing preprocessing of the next write command to be executed. The method may be practiced by setting a next valid address pointer in all queue entries. Queue traversal may be forward, backward, or bi-directional.