Appeal No. 2000-1289 Page 2
Application No. 08/604,829
device. When the processing of a prescribed amount of data is
not completed in a certain time, however, reproduction of a
resulting image or a sound is impeded. A high-speed magnetic
storage device is required to solve this problem.
The appellant’s invention switches between two memory
groups having the same structure so that the two groups are
used alternately. As shown in Figure 1 of the appellant’s
specification, the first memory group (10) and the second
memory group (11) each comprise a number of memory devices
(101-106 and 111-116, respectively) equal to a number of
magnetic disk communication means (4-9). A switch (12)
enables connection between one of the first and second memory
groups and the magnetic disk communications means and also
between the other one of the memory groups and an external
communication means (2). When the memory devices in one of
the two memory groups communicate with the magnetic disks, the
memory devices in the other group communicate with the
external equipment, and vice versa. Such an arrangement
permits parallel processing of data at a high speed.
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