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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 1988
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1986
Jiunn-Yau Liou, San Jose, CA (US);
May-Lin Lee, Cupertino, CA (US);
Moon S Kok, Milpitas, CA (US);
James Yu, San Jose, CA (US);
Aloysius T Tam, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for storing data for read and write access receiving reset control signals, comprising a plurality of storage blocks, each block including an array of memory units for storing a unit of data is provided that is reset along storage block boundaries. A reset control means, coupled to receive the reset control signals which identify at least one of the storage blocks, is included for generating block reset signals. A means, coupled to the memory units in each storage block and to receive the block reset signals, for resetting the identified block of memory to 0. .