Information processing apparatus and method

An information processing method for use in an information processing apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:

• confirming whether a bank overflow flag is set, the bank overflow flag notifying occurrence of a bank-full state where, in a storage area including a plurality of banks formed therein to store data, not-yet-read data is stored in all the banks;
• upon confirming that the bank overflow flag is set, moving a location designated by a read pointer cyclically designating each of the banks of the storage area as a bank, from which the data is to be read, to a bank positioned next to a bank at a location designated by a write pointer cyclically designating each of the banks of the storage area as a bank, into which the data is to be written;
• and
• reading the data from the bank designated by the read pointer after the location designated by the read pointer has been updated.

An information processing apparatus comprising:

• a bank overflow flag confirming unit configured to confirm whether a bank overflow flag is set, the bank overflow flag notifying occurrence of a bank-full state where, in a storage area including a plurality of banks formed therein to store data, not-yet-read data is stored in all the banks;
• read pointer control unit configured to, when the bank overflow flag confirming unit confirms that the bank overflow flag is set, move a location designated by a read pointer cyclically designating each of the banks of the storage area as a bank, from which the data is to be read, to a bank positioned next to a bank at a location designated by a write pointer cyclically designating each of the banks of the storage area as a bank, into which the data is to be written;
• and
• a reading unit configured to read the data from the bank designated by the read pointer after the location designated by the read pointer has been updated by the read pointer control unit.