Appeal No. 96-1714
Application 08/073,911
5. A method for simulating memory in a computer system comprising the steps, performed by a
simulator of:
allocating, from a memory, a first block of contiguous memory cells;
storing in said memory a model of memory corresponding to a memory device;
assigning a corresponding one of said memory cells of said first block of contiguous memory
cells to said model of memory;
storing a location of said corresponding one of said memory cells of said first block of
contiguous memory cells within said model of memory;
generating a randomly selected computer transaction;
translating a physical bus address which identifies said memory device in said computer system
to a mapped bus address which identifies said model of memory;
predicting an effect of said randomly selected computer transaction on said first block of
contiguous memory cells:
completing said randomly selected computer transaction and storing a result of said completed
randomly selected computer transaction within said first block of contiguous memory cells; and
comparing said predicted effect of said randomly selected computer transaction with the result
of said completed randomly selected computer transaction stored within said first block of contiguous
memory cells.
The examiner’s Answer cites the following prior art:
Rudy 4,862,347 Aug. 29, 1989
OPINION
The claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as unpatentable over Rudy.
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