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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5684944 | Atomic update of EDC protected data A method for atomically updating Error Detection Code (EDC) protected data in memory such that the EDC protection is maintained to the granularity of a single microprocessor machine instruction. The method is employed in a memory system having a volatile ... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5671406 | Data structure enhancements for in-place sorting of a singly linked list An apparatus and method for performing a skip list insertion sort on a singly linked list of elements is provided. Each element to be sorted includes a key, an element pointer in an element pointer field and a flag bit. Also provided is an indexed array o... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5664221 | System for reconfiguring addresses of SCSI devices via a device address bus independent of the SCSI bus A system for assigning addresses to devices interconnected on a small computer system interface (SCSI) bus. A device address bus independent of the SCSI bus interconnects address assignable devices on the SCSI bus. The devices, each of which has a SCSI ID... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5659739 | Skip list data structure enhancements A system and technique for optimizing the efficiency of maintenance operations performed on skip lists of data elements or nodes stored in memory is provided. Each node of a skip list includes a back pointer for pointing to an immediate predecessor node a... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5652837 | Mechanism for screening commands issued over a communications bus for selective execution by a processor The invention provides a new process and apparatus for generating and selectively processing command requests issued over a bus. Command requests are generated by devices, each of which may be authorized or not authorized to cause the execution of the req... | 07/29/1997 |