Memory controller including arbiter, memory system and operation method of the memory controller

Abstract

A memory controller includes: a request buffer storing read and write requests of a first rank, and read and write requests of a second rank; an arbiter determining a first request and second requests among the stored requests, the second requests to be issued after the first request according to a descending priority, such that a B request has a higher priority than a C request among the second requests; and a command generator generating commands to be issued to the first rank and the second rank according to the issue order of the first and second requests, wherein the B request is a command whose type and rank are different from those of the first request, and wherein the C request is a command whose type is the same as the type of the first request and whose rank is different from the rank of the first request.