Appeal No. 1997-0300
Application 08/138,790
(a) core means for executing a plurality of write
instructions to produce a plurality of write operands, each
write operand including a data field and an address field;
(b) misalignment control means, coupled to the core
means, for indicating if any of the address fields of the
plurality of write operands are misaligned with respect to the
memory block boundary;
(c) write buffer means having a plurality of
entries, coupled to the core means and the misalignment
control means, for temporarily storing the plurality of write
operands and responsive to the misalignment control means
indicating a misaligned write operand, for allocating a first
and a second write buffer entry, wherein the address field of
the first write buffer entry contains a beginning address in a
first memory block for the misaligned write operand and the
address field of the second write buffer entry contains a
continuation address in a second memory block for the
misaligned write operand; and
(d) memory means having a plurality of data field
entries, coupled to the write buffer means, for storing the
data fields of the plurality of write operands.
The Examiner relies upon the following references:
Shimp et al (Shimp) 3,916,388 Oct. 28, 1975
Ardini Jr. et al. (Ardini) 4,959,771 Sept. 25, 1990
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