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Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020

Filed:

May. 16, 2018
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Wataru Ochiai, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0673 (2013.01); G06F 13/1668 (2013.01); G06F 13/1673 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided is a controller which issues a first write command for writing all data of a burst access operation on a memory and a second write command for writing data of a burst access operation on a memory per byte. The controller includes a holding unit configured to hold a plurality of commands requesting access to the memory and a selection unit configured to select, in a case where the holding unit holds the second write command and a command that causes a first time penalty longer than a second time penalty needed between the first write command that is issued first and the second write command that is issued next, the second write command prior to the command.


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