[rtl] Re: [alsa-devel] Re: preempting I/O (audio latency + making X more responsive)

[Juhana Sadeharju <kouhia@nic.funet.fi>]

>From:   David Olofson <audiality@swipnet.se>
>> 
>> David Olofson is actually designing an killer audio-engine,

Me too.  :-)

>(...Nemesystech's Gigasampler ( http://www.nemesystech.com )...)
>
>Use the rule above. Nemesystech do, and that's why Gigasampler 1) works
>(well, reliability is another issue...) and 2) requires MASSES of RAM.

Gigasampler uses some patented technology. Anyone knows details and the
patent number (and year)? 

Gigasampler was introduced 1996/7 but the patent could be from earlier.
I wonder how special case this patent introduces or is it just a general
disk buffering blurb? Does our plans violate the patent?

Basically the idea of a virtual memory with data prefetching must be
from days of virtual memory development in OS'es. But I wonder what
exactly is patented.

Yours,

Juhana
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