Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory – Storage accessing and control – Hierarchical memories
Patent
1996-03-08
1998-09-22
Swann, Tod R.
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory
Storage accessing and control
Hierarchical memories
704200, 364DIG1, G06F 1200
Patent
active
058130276
ABSTRACT:
A method for storing and transferring wave table audio samples from system memory to a cache unit. The method creates a linked-list of pages in system memory for storing the audio sample. The linked-list is actually a pointer list indicating the locations in system memory where the audio samples are stored. A Digital Signal Processor (DSP) is able to translate the starting address of the pointer list to retrieve a requested audio sample from the system memory. The requested audio sample is then transferred to the cache unit where the DSP is able to retrieve audio samples in a linear fashion at a rate much faster than individually fetching the required portions of the audio sample from the main memory of the system.
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Harrow Scott E.
Hicok Gary D.
Lahti Gregg D.
Langjahr David
Moy Jeffrey D.
Swann Tod R.
VLSI Technology Inc.
Weiss Harry M.
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