Abstract
Data processing systems can associate a timestamp with input data when it is received. Throughout subsequent processing, the association between the data and its timestamp is maintained, and the original timestamp is provided with output data when processing is completed. The timestamp is stored at each processing step requiring storage for the timestamp value at each step. Storage requirements are shown to be reduced by compressing the timestamp value to include a portion of the bits of the timestamp value containing the least significant bits of the value. At output, the compressed timestamp value is compared to the current timestamp value to reconstruct the complete original timestamp value at output.
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Recommended Citation
N/A, "Optimized Timestamp Storage", Technical Disclosure Commons, (June 10, 2025)
https://www.tdcommons.org/dpubs_series/8217