Conley, Rose & Tayon
Search mechanism for a rotating pointer buffer
 A first hit scanning circuit scans hit signals identifying entries within a rotating buffer which are storing a search value for a first of the hit signals which is nearest a start pointer which identifies one of the entries. The first hit scanning circuit divides the hit signals into multiple subsets, and independently scans each subset for a first hit within the subset. In parallel, the first hit scanning circuit generates a set of lookahead signals by scanning each subset for at least one hit. The lookahead signals are then scanned for a first lookahead signal, and the scanned subset signals are qualified with the scanned lookahead signals. 
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
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Thang M.
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