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Method for controlling buffer memory in data processing apparatus

CA 1233273 A · Owner: Fujitsu Limited · Inventors: Tanaka, Tsutomu; Koga, Satoru

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There is disclosed a method for controlling a buffer memory in a data processing apparatus with a central processing unit which includes a buffer memory for storing a copy of the portion of a main memory. The method includes the steps of detecting first, a word, unit of a block up to which registration of a word has been completed in a process of registration of data from the main memory into a sequence of word units of the block. Then, as a second step, detecting the distance of the word of the address of writing of an operand in the block which is being registered into the block of the buffer memory from the main memory is carried out while detecting, thirdly, the completion of the …

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  • Granted February 23, 1988. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended February 23, 2005.
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FiledNovember 21, 1984
GrantedFebruary 23, 1988
Term endedFebruary 23, 2005
Patent numberCA 1233273 A
Classification (IPC)G06F12/08

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1985198819911994199720002003Application filedNov 21, 1984Patent grantedFeb 23, 1988Term endedFeb 23, 2005

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