Appeal No. 2002-1833
Application No. 09/246,490
Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
1. A computer architecture comprising:
a first and a second memory;
a processor operatively connected to access said first and
said second memory;
said first and second memory capable of having portions of
sub-pages migrated and replicated therebetween;
a sub-page support structure operatively associated with
said processor and said memories;
said sub-page support structure including a mechanism
responsive to said processor access to said second memory for a
predetermined portion of a sub-page to determine if said
processor access to said second memory can be satisfied by a
processor access to said first memory for said predetermined
portions of said sub-page migrated or replicated thereto from
said second memory; and
a local access mechanism for performing a processor access
to said first memory when said first memory contains said
predetermined portion of said sub-page.
The reference relied on by the examiner is:
Frank et al. (Frank) 5,297,265 Mar. 22, 1994
Claims 1 through 20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)
as being anticipated by Frank.
Reference is made to the briefs (paper numbers 9 and 11) and
the answer (paper number 10) for the respective positions of the
appellant and the examiner.
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