Excavating
Patent
1988-04-08
1990-07-24
Atkinson, Charles E.
Excavating
364200, 3642453, 364900, 3649701, G11C 1300, G06F 1100
Patent
active
049439669
ABSTRACT:
A system console 30 is enabled to read registers from memory boards 12 and 14 and to set registers within the memory boards which control the disabling of one or more memory arrays 16-22. The information read from the memory boards is indicative at least of which of the memory arrays has malfunctioned. The registers are within a memory logic array 40, one of which is disposed upon each of the memory boards 12 and 14 and also upon a memory controlling unit 26, the memory logic arrays being coupled together by a bit serial scan bus 42. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the memory logic arrays 40 are comprised of a highly integrated gate array semiconductor device, each of which is identical. Each memory logic array is provided with a base address input from a preceding memory logic array and computes a base address for a subsequent memory logic array. A memory logic array which has a portion of an associated memory disabled automatically determines a revised base address for the subsequent memory logic array, thereby initiating the automatic reallocation of memory board base addresses of all subsequent memory boards.
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Becker Robert D.
Coyle Richard W.
Curcuru Kevin H.
Giunta Richard F.
Schwartz Martin J.
Atkinson Charles E.
Nelson Gordon E.
Shanahan Michael H.
Wang Laboratories, Inc.
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