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Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 12, 2020
Applicant:

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Guanhao Shen, Austin, TX (US);

Ravindra Nath Bhargava, Austin, TX (US);

Raghava Sravan Adidamu, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/4031 (2013.01);
Abstract

A memory controller includes a command queue and an arbiter for selecting entries from the command queue for transmission to a DRAM. The arbiter transacts streaks of consecutive read commands and streaks of consecutive write commands. The arbiter has a current mode indicating the type of commands currently being transacted, and a cross mode indicating the other type. The arbiter is operable to monitor commands in the command queue for the current mode and the cross mode, and in response to designated conditions, send at least one cross-mode command to the memory interface queue while continuing to operate in the current mode. In response to an end streak condition, the arbiter swaps the current mode and the cross mode, and transacts the cross-mode command.


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