Patent ID: 8473696

Claim:
An adaptive buffer device comprising: a plurality of entries, each of which includes an address field and a record block; and a control unit for selectively setting each of the entries to one of a normal status and a transformed status; wherein, when the control unit sets a first one of the entries to the normal status, the address field of the first one of the entries is for recording a first address, and the record block of the first one of the entries is for recording data to which the first address corresponds, and data to which any other address adjacent to the first address corresponds; and when the control unit sets a second one of the entries to the transformed status, the control unit reconfigures the address field and the record block of the second one of the entries into a plurality of units, each of the plurality of units being reconfigured for recording a second address, data to which the second address corresponds, and data to which any other address adjacent to the second address corresponds.