Hi,
if I chain up a bunch or registers (or use shift registers), the data comes out only after it has passed through the whole memory length. Even though "first in" comes out first, at least [1] states on page 2 that this is usually not referred to as "a" FIFO . On the other hand, a "conventional" memory-based FIFO gives the output more or less immediately, as it has variable size.
My question is, do those two types of memories have commonly accepted names to distinguish between them, for example when commenting code? I was about to call the "invariable size" variant a "pipe", but maybe there is a better term?
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