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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2006
Applicants:
Lawrence D. Getzin, Falmouth, ME (US);
David J. Fensore, New Gloucester, ME (US);
Inventors:
Lawrence D. Getzin, Falmouth, ME (US);
David J. Fensore, New Gloucester, ME (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system includes a memory operable to store scrambled data at a plurality of memory locations. The system also includes an empty detector operable to determine whether a specified memory location is empty using contents of the specified memory location. The contents of the specified memory location are not descrambled for use by the empty detector in determining whether the specified memory location is empty.