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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2009
Hongjie Guan, Fremont, CA (US);
Junqiang Lan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Yaojun Luo, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Guan-ming Su, Fremont, CA (US);
Ching-han Tsai, San Jose, CA (US);
Chi-kuang Chen, Santa Clara, CA (US);
LI Sha, San Jose, CA (US);
Hongjie Guan, Fremont, CA (US);
Junqiang Lan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Yaojun Luo, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Guan-Ming Su, Fremont, CA (US);
Ching-Han Tsai, San Jose, CA (US);
Chi-Kuang Chen, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Li Sha, San Jose, CA (US);
Marvell International Ltd., , BM;
Abstract
Devices, systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with a buffer controller are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a buffer to buffer data. The apparatus further includes a status register and control logic. The control logic at least processes write commands. When the buffer is full and a write command to write data to the buffer is received, the control logic is configured to: accept the data without writing the data to the buffer, send an acknowledgment that the buffer was written, and set an overflow bit in the status register.