Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Enqueue event first-in, first-out buffer (FIFO)
- Patent Title (中): 先进先出先入先出缓存(FIFO)
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Application No.: US12487035Application Date: 2009-06-18
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Publication No.: US07804721B2Publication Date: 2010-09-28
- Inventor: James Wang , Zongjian Chen
- Applicant: James Wang , Zongjian Chen
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.
- Agent Lawrence J. Merkel
- Main IPC: G11C7/10
- IPC: G11C7/10 ; G06F3/00 ; G06F5/00 ; G06F13/36

Abstract:
In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a queue, write control logic coupled to the queue and operable in a write clock domain, and a first-in, first-out buffer (FIFO) coupled to the write control logic. The queue is configured to store a plurality of data items, wherein each data item has a type which is one of a plurality of types of data items that can be stored in the queue. The write control logic is configured to maintain write pointers that identify entries in the queue for each of the plurality of types. The write control logic is configured to update the write pointer corresponding to an input type for an input data item written to the queue. Additionally, the write control logic is configured to enqueue a write event in the FIFO to transport the enqueue event to a read clock domain different from the write clock domain.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090271545A1 Enqueue event first-In, first-out buffer (FIFO) Public/Granted day:2009-10-29
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