Data storage device

A data processor, comprising:

• (a) a plurality of storage means, each storage means being capable of holding a set of data signals in sequentially ordered storage locations within each storage means and each storage means being capable of having data signals concurrently read from and written into different storage locations therein;
• (b) a plurality of operation means connected to said plurality of storage means, each operation means performing an arithmetic or logical operation on a respective set of operand data signals of a predetermined total number provided from at least one of said plurality of storage means so as to sequentially provide another one of said plurality of storage means with a set of result data signals of a predetermined total number corresponding to a result of said operation on said set of operand data signals in such a manner that a result data signal is provided in parallel to receipt of a new operand data signal;
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• (c) read/write control means connected to said plurality of storage means for controlling reading and writing of a set of data signals of a predetermined total number for each of said plurality of storage means, said read/write control means including write control means and read control means provided for each one of said plurality of storage means, the write control means for each one of said plurality of storage means including means for sequentially writing a set of data signals of a predetermined total number, provided by one of the plurality of operation means, into storage locations within said one storage means according to the predetermined order of the storage locations, said read control means controlling said one storage means to perform sequential reading of data signals of the set of data signals from said one storage means according to the order of the storage locations and in such a manner that, when said one storage means is engaged in sequential writing, reading of an already written part of the set of data signals is started before all of the set of data signals are written and occurs in parallel to writing of data signals of the set of data signals into said one storage means;
• wherein each storage means comprises a plurality of memory banks each having a plurality of storage locations, wherein different memory banks are accessed sequentially for writing and reading of data signals of a set of data signals, and wherein different memory banks are enabled for concurrent execution of reading of a data signal from one of the memory banks and writing of a data signal into another of the memory banks.

A data processor, comprising:

• (a) a plurality of storage means, each storage means being capable of holding a set of data signals in sequentially ordered storage locations within each storage means and each storage means being capable of having data signals concurrently read from and written into different storage locations therein;
• (b) a plurality of operation means connected to said plurality of storage means, each operation means performing an arithmetic or logical operation on a respective set of operand data signals of a predetermined total number provided from at least one of said plurality of storage means so as to sequentially provide another one of said plurality of storage means with a set of result data signals of a predetermined total number corresponding to a result of said operation on said set of operand data signals in such a manner that a result data signal is provided in parallel to receipt of a new operand data signal;
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• (c) read/write control means connected to said plurality of storage means for controlling reading and writing of a set of data signals of a predetermined total number for each of said plurality of storage means, said read/write control means including write control means and read control means provided for each one of said plurality of storage means, the write control means for each one of said plurality of storage means including means for sequentially writing a set of data signals of a predetermined total number, provided by one of the plurality of operation means, into storage locations within said one storage means according to the predetermined order of the storage locations, said read control means controlling said one storage means to perform sequential reading of data signals of the set of data signals from said one storage means according to the order of the storage locations and in such a manner that, when said one storage means is engaged in sequential writing, reading of an already written part of the set of data signals is started before all of the set of data signals are written and occurs in parallel to writing of data signals of the set of data signals into said one storage means;
• wherein each storage means comprises a plurality of memory banks which have storage locations ordered so that successive data signals of said set of data signals are written in a storage location within different memory banks in a predetermined bank order.

A data processor, comprising:

• a) a plurality of storage means, each storage means being capable of holding a set of data signals in sequentially ordered storage locations within each storage means and each storage means being capable of concurrently reading a held data signal from one of the storage locations and writing a received data signal into another of the storage locations therein;
• b) a plurality of operation means connected to said plurality of storage means, each operating means performing an arithmetic or logical operation on a respective set of operand data signals of a predetermined total number provided from one of said plurality of storage means so as to sequentially provide another one of said plurality of storage means with a set of result data signals of a predetermined total number corresponding to a result of said operation on said set of operand data signals in such a manner that a result data signal is provided in parallel to receipt of a new operand data signal;
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• c) read/write control means connected to said plurality of storage means for controlling reading and writing of a set of data signals of a predetermined total number to each of said plurality of storage means, said read/write control means including write control means and read control means provided for each one of said plurality of storage means, the write control means for at least one of said plurality of storage means including means for sequentially writing a set of data signals of a predetermined total number, provided by one of the plurality of operation means either in successive or intermittent clock periods, into storage locations within said one storage means according to the predetermined order of the storage locations, said read control means for said one storage means performing sequential reading of data signals of the set of data signals from said one storage means in such a manner that reading of already written ones of the data signals among the set of data signals is effected in parallel to writing remaining ones of the set of data signals into said one storage means and occurs on either successive or intermittent clock periods depending on whether receipt by said read control means of read request signals occurs in successive or intermittent clock periods.

A method of processing sets of data signals in a computer having a plurality of data storage units each capable of holding a set of data signals at sequentially ordered storage locations and capable of reading and writing concurrently for different storage locations, a plurality of operation units each for performing an arithmetic or logical operation on inputs provided sequentially thereto from one of said plurality of storage units and to sequentially provide one of said plurality of storage units with a set of data signals corresponding to the results of the operation, the method comprising the steps of:

• (a) sequentially reading out a set of data signals of a predetermined total number from storage locations of a first selected storage unit according to a predetermined order of the storage locations to sequentially provide the read out set of data signals to a first selected operation unit;
• (b) performing an operation by said first operation units on said sequentially provided set of data signals, to sequentially provide a set of first result data signals of a predetermined total number to a second selected storage unit, with a first result data signal being provided in parallel to the receipt of a new data signal;
• (c) sequentially writing the set of first result data signals into storage locations within a second selected storage unit according to the order of the storage locations;
• (d) sequentially reading the set of first result data signals from storage locations within said second storage units according to said predetermined order of the storage locations in such a manner that reading of an already written part of the set of first result data signals is started before all of the set of first result data signals are written and occurs in parallel to writing of preceding data signals of the set of first result data signals into said second storage unit;
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• (e) performing an operation by second selected operation units on said read out set of first result data signals to sequentially provide a set of second result data signals to third selected storage units;
• wherein the reading step (a) includes the step of sequentially reading the set of data signals either on intermittent or successive clock periods.

A method of processing sets of data signals in a computer having a plurality of data storage units each capable of holding a set of data signals at sequentially ordered storage locations and capable of reading and writing concurrently for different storage locations, a plurality of operation units each for performing an arithmetic or logical operation on inputs provided sequentially thereto from one of said plurality of storage units and to sequentially provide one of said plurality of storage units with a set of data signals corresponding to the results of the operation, the method comprising the steps of:

• (a) sequentially reading out a set of data signals of a predetermined total number from storage locations of a first selected storage unit according to a predetermined order of the storage locations to sequentially provide the read out set of data signals to a first selected operation unit;
• (b) performing an operation by said first operation units on said sequentially provided set of data signals, to sequentially provide a set of first result data signals of a predetermined total number to a second selected storage unit, with a first result data signal being provided in parallel to the receipt of a new data signal;
• (c) sequentially writing the set of first result data signals into storage locations within a second selected storage unit according to the order of the storage locations;
• (d) sequentially reading the set of first result data signals from storage locations within said second storage units according to said predetermined order of the storage locations in such a manner that reading of an already written part of the set of first result data signals is started before all of the set of first result data signals are written and occurs in parallel to writing of preceding data signals of the set of first result data signals into said second storage unit;
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• (e) performing an operation by second selected operation units on said read out set of first result data signals to sequentially provide a set of second result data signals to third selected storage units;
• wherein the reading of step (d) includes the step of sequentially reading the set of first result data signals on either intermittent or successive clock periods.

A method of processing sets of data signals in a computer having a plurality of data storage units each capable of holding a set of data signals at sequentially ordered storage locations and capable of reading and writing concurrently for different storage locations, a plurality of operation units each for performing an arithmetic or logical operation on inputs provided sequentially thereto from one of said plurality of storage units and to sequentially provide one of said plurality of storage units with a set of data signals corresponding to the results of the operation, the method comprising the steps of:

• (a) sequentially reading out a set of data signals of a predetermined total number from storage locations of a first selected storage unit according to a predetermined order of the storage locations to sequentially provide the read out set of data signals to a first selected operation unit;
• (b) performing an operation by said first operation units on said sequentially provided set of data signals, to sequentially provide a set of first result data signals of a predetermined total number to a second selected storage unit, with a first result data signal being provided in parallel to the receipt of a new data signal;
• (c) sequentially writing the set of first result data signals into storage locations within a second selected storage unit according to the order of the storage locations;
• (d) sequentially reading the set of first result data signals from storage locations within said second storage units according to said predetermined order of the storage locations in such a manner that reading of an already written part of the set of first result data signals is started before all of the set of first result data signals are written and occurs in parallel to writing of preceding data signals of the set of first result data signals into said second storage unit;
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• (e) performing an operation by second selected operation units on said read out set of first result data signals to sequentially provide a set of second result data signals to third selected storage units;
• wherein each storage unit comprises a plurality of memory banks which have storage locations ordered so that successive data signals of said set of data signals are written in a storage location within different memory banks in a predetermined bank order, wherein the steps (c) and (d) are controlled so that reading of one of the set of first result data signals required to be read next and writing of one of the set of the first result data signals required to be written next are effected concurrently during the same clock period or sequentially during two successive clock periods, depending upon whether or not the reading and writing are required to be effected in the same memory bank.

A method of processing sets of data signals in a computer having a plurality of storage units each being capable of holding a set of data signals at sequentially ordered storage locations and capable of reading and writing concurrently for different storage locations, a plurality of operation units for performing an arithmetic or logical operation on inputs provided sequentially to said operation units from a selected one of said plurality of storage units and to sequentially provide a selected one of said plurality of storage units with data signals corresponding to a result of the operation, the method comprising the steps of:

• (a) sequentially reading out a set of data signals of a predetermined total number from storage locations within a first selected storage unit according to a predetermined order of the storage locations to sequentially provide the set of read out data signals to a selected operation unit;
• (b) performing an operation by said selected operation unit on said sequentially provided data signals, to sequentially provide a set of result data signals of a predetermined total number to a second selected storage unit, with a result data signal being provided in parallel to receipt of a new data signal;
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• (c) sequentially writing the set of result data signals into storage locations within a second selected storage unit according to said predetermined order of the storage locations and in response to arrival of respective result data signal to said second storage unit;
• wherein the step (a) includes the step of sequentially reading the set of data signals either on intermittent or successive clock periods depending on whether receipt of read request signals is on intermittent or successive clock periods.

A method of processing sets of data signals in a computer having a plurality of data storage units each capable of holding a set of data signals at sequentially ordered storage locations and capable of reading and writing concurrently for different storage locations, a plurality of operation units each for performing an arithmetic or logical operation on inputs provided sequentially thereto from one of said plurality of storage units and to sequentially provide one of said plurality of storage units with a set of data signals corresponding to the results of the operation, the method comprising the steps of:

• (a) sequentially reading out a set of data signals of a predetermined total number from storage locations of a first selected storage unit according to a predetermined order of the storage locations to sequentially provide the read out set of data signals to a first selected operation unit;
• (b) performing an operation by said first selected operation unit on said sequentially provided set of data signals, to sequentially provide a set of first result data signals of a predetermined total number to a second selected storage unit, with a first result data signal being provided in parallel to the receipt of each new data signal;
• (c) sequentially writing the set of first result data signals into storage locations within a second selected storage unit according to said predetermined order of the storage locations and in response to receipt of respective result data signals;
• (d) performing sequential reading of the set of first result data signals from the storage locations within said second storage unit according to said predetermined order of the storage locations in such a manner that already written ones of said first result data signals among the set of first result data signals are read out in parallel to writing remaining ones of said first result data signals into said second storage unit;
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• (e) performing an operation by a second selected operation unit on said read out set of first result data signals to sequentially provide a set of second result data signals to a third selected storage unit;
• wherein the reading of step (a) includes the step of sequentially reading the set of data signals either on intermittent or successive clock periods depending on supply of read request signals to said first selected storage unit on either intermittent or successive clock periods;
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• wherein the reading of step (d) includes the step of sequentially reading the set of first result data signals on either intermittent or successive clock periods depending on supply of read request signals to said second storage unit on either intermittent or successive clock periods.