Re: latches

From: Connor McDonald <connor_mcdonald_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 18:50:00 +0800
Message-ID: <3A30BCD8.285D@yahoo.com>

wow wrote:
>
> Could someone please explain to me the concepts of latches, or point me
> in a direction?

(A very simplistic view is to ) think of them as locking mechanisms for memory - you don't want two different people writing to the same spot in memory at the same time...

HTH

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