Appeal No. 2004-0412
Application No. 09/052,358
of the subsets of the addresses are different. Claim 4 requires
monitoring addresses on an interconnect, sending a subset of the
addresses to a model of a computer cache, and repeating the
monitoring and sending multiple times, where at least two of the
subsets of the addresses are different. Claim 8 requires an
address filter receiving addresses from an interconnect and
sending a subset of the addresses to a memory, and at least one
different time sending at least one different subset of the
addresses to the memory. Claim 10 requires an address filter
receiving addresses from an interconnect and sending a subset of
the addresses to a hardware model, and at least one different
time sending at least one different subset of the addresses to
the hardware model.
Colglazier discloses a method and system for determining
performance characteristics of a cache design by simulating cache
operations using an output trace of the cache (col. 1, lines 13-
16; col. 2, lines 40-50; col. 4, line 62 - col. 5, line 3). The
examiner acknowledges that Colglazier does not disclose the
appellants’ use of different address subsets (final rejection
mailed November 8, 2002, paper no. 22, page 3). To remedy that
deficiency in Colglazier the examiner relies upon Chen. See id.
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