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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2018
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Lakshmi Narasimha Murthy Nukala, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Sukalpa Biswas, Fremont, CA (US);
Thejasvi Magudilu Vijavaraj, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Shane J. Keil, San Jose, CA (US);
Gregory S. Mathews, Saratoga, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A memory controller circuit coupled to multiple memory circuits may receive a read request for a particular one of the memory circuits and insert the read request into one of multiple linked lists that includes a linked list whose entries correspond to previously received read requests and are linked according to respective ages of the read requests. The memory controller circuit may schedule the read request using a head pointer of one of the multiple linked lists.