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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2005
Applicants:
Bratin Saha, San Jose, CA (US);
Ali-reza Adi-tabatabai, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Bratin Saha, San Jose, CA (US);
Ali-Reza Adi-Tabatabai, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system includes a processor and a size bounded first-in first-out (FIFO) memory that is connected to the processor and a display is connected to the processor. A managing process to run on the processor to manage the FIFO memory structure. The FIFO memory includes a counter portion and a value portion for each of a tail portion and a head portion, and the managing process is non-blocking. The counter portion is used as a timestamp to maintain FIFO order.