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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1996
Francis Anthony Creed, Jericho, VT (US);
Mark Beiley, Chandler, AZ (US);
Charles Edward Drake, Underhill, VT (US);
Peter Joel Jenkins, Colchester, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a memory system for use in a computer system that improves the performance of a bit redundancy steering mechanism. The preferred embodiment provides a timing signal path to the bit steering mechanism with a delay shorter than that to the memory data array. Additionally, the required address signals are provided to the bit steering mechanism before the addresses are provided to the memory data array. This is preferably accomplished by bypassing the buffers and providing the address signals directly to the bit steering mechanism.