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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 1995
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1993
Mark J Balmer, Tigard, OR (US);
Steven M Farrer, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention provides a register, which when set to a specific value, ensures that memory accesses take at least a specified number of clock cycles. The invention specifically introduces delays into the memory accesses when a memory bank control register is configured to operate the memory bank in a fast-CAS (fast column address strobe) mode of operation. The delays are introduced transparent to the values in the memory bank control register that otherwise controls the operation of the memory bank. The delay introduced by the invention permits an in-circuit-emulation (ICE) system sufficient time to transfer trace data from the microprocessor to the ICE-base.