Appeal No. 2003-0333
Application No. 09/231,041
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. In a computer system of the type wherein a processor
directs information to and retrieves information from a memory
which includes main memory and cache memory, the improvement
comprising:
a plurality of separate and independent memory branches
extend from a common bus that passes at a hierarchical level
immediately above the processor and a combination of main memory
and cache memory is included in each branch, with at least one
branch having at least one hierarchical level of multiple cache
memory units in a memory space division.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Menasce 5,193,166 Mar. 09, 1993
Mattson 5,434,992 July 18, 1995
Smith 5,696,932 Dec. 09, 1997
Handy, Jim, The Cache Memory Book (New York, Academic Press,
Inc., 1933), pages 87-91.
The following rejections are on appeal before us:
1. Claims 1 and 2 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over the teachings of Menasce in view of
Smith.
2. Claim 3 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over the teachings of Menasce in view of Smith
and further in view of Handy.
3. Claims 5 and 6 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over the teachings of Menasce in view of
Smith and further in view of Mattson.
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