Auto-sequencing memory
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The Auto-sequencing memory (ASM) has been introduced as an essential of the non-von-Neumann Anti machine paradigm (Xputer), where data counters are used instead of a program counter, since this paradigm is data-stream-driven instead of being instruction-stream-driven. An Auto-sequencing memory block (ASM block) is a RAM memory unit including an address generator with the data counter (a data pointer) used as a data address register for implementation of a data stream. The Direct Memory Access (DMA) unit is an example of such an address generator for an ASM. Another example is the Generic Address Generator (GAG), a generalization of the DMA. In Xputers and in Reconfigurable Computing systems ASMs play an important role for speed-up by minimizing or avoiding memory cycle overhead for complex address computations.
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