Ordered Data Sub-component Extraction Without Feedback Paths
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing data processing technologies face challenges in quickly extracting and preserving the order of data sub-components within a data item, particularly in high-frequency data transmission contexts where the identification and handling of sub-components need to be performed rapidly.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus comprising reception circuitry, sub-component indicator extraction circuitry, adder circuitry, ordinal sub-component determination circuitry, and multiplexing circuitry that allows for the extraction and determination of valid data sub-component positions without positional feedback paths, enabling the unpacking of ordered data sub-components within one clock cycle.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If conventional data processing methods are used to extract and identify data sub-components, then the extraction can be performed with basic circuitry, but the processing speed is insufficient for high-frequency data transmission contexts
Solution Approach 1:
The data item is segmented into multiple data sub-components at N respective positions, with each position having an associated validity indication. The extraction circuitry processes each position independently using parallel adders, allowing simultaneous identification of multiple sub-component positions without sequential dependency, thereby achieving high-speed extraction.
Solution Approach 2:
Validity indications for all N positions are extracted and prepared in advance before the actual sub-component position identification. The adder circuitry pre-computes cumulative sums of validity indications, so when position determination is needed, the results are immediately available without additional computation delay.
2Loss of time
If feedback paths are used to determine ordinal positions of data sub-components, then accurate ordering can be achieved, but the timing is extended beyond one clock cycle
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of using feedback paths that require sequential processing, cumulative sum signals serve as intermediaries to directly indicate sub-component positions. The ordinal sub-component determination circuitry uses these cumulative sum transitions as mediators to identify positions without needing to wait for previous positions to be determined, enabling parallel position identification within one clock cycle.
Solution Approach 2:
The mechanical feedback-based sequential determination system is replaced with an electronic signal-based parallel determination system. Adder circuitry electronically computes position information simultaneously for all N positions, substituting the slow mechanical feedback loop with fast electronic parallel processing.
3Productivity
If rapid extraction of data sub-components is implemented, then high-frequency processing is enabled, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The adder circuitry with N−1 adders serves multiple functions: it computes cumulative sums of validity indications, generates signals for determining all ordinal sub-component positions simultaneously, and provides timing synchronization for the multiplexing circuitry. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate dedicated circuits for each task, balancing complexity with high processing throughput.
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AI summary
Apparatuses and methods for extracting ordered data sub-components from a data item are disclosed. A received data item has a data structure to accommodate multiple data sub-components. The data item indicates which data sub-components are valid. Adders sum respective subsets of indications of the valid data sub-component positions, with each adder covering one more position than the previous adder. Transitions of the counts generated by the respective adders are used to determine the ordinal valid data sub-component positions in the data item, which can then be output on the basis of the data item and the identified transition positions. Without requiring feedback paths from an identified earlier ordinal position to identify a later ordinal position, the set of ordered data sub-components can be extracted more quickly.