Methods and systems to accomplish variable width data input
AssigneeMicron Technology, Inc.
InventorHarold B Noyes
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Abstract
Disclosed are methods and systems for variable width data input to a pattern-recognition processor. A variable width data input method may include receiving bytes over a data bus having a first width and receiving one or more signals indicating the validity of each of the one or more bytes. The valid bytes may be sequentially provided to a pattern-recognition processor in an 8-bit wide data stream. In an embodiment, a system may include one or more address lines configured to provide the one or more signals indicating the validity of the bytes transferred over the data bus. The system may include a buffer and control logic to sequentially process the valid bytes.
Claims12
A method, comprising:
- receiving, at variable width control logic, a data stream via a data bus having a first width;
- and
- processing, at a processor, the data stream in sequential units having a second width, less than the first width.
A method, comprising:
- receiving a plurality of data bytes at variable width control logic, simultaneously;
- receiving one or more byte valid signals at the variable width control logic together with the plurality of data bytes, the one or more byte valid signals indicating the validity of each of the data bytes;
- and
- processing the valid data bytes sequentially.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.