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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1998
Filed:
May. 04, 1995
Shivaling S Mahant-Shetti, Richardson, TX (US);
Derek J Smith, Dallas, TX (US);
Basavaraj I Pawate, Dallas, TX (US);
George R Doddington, Dallas, TX (US);
Warren L Bean, Wylie, TX (US);
Mark G Harward, Dallas, TX (US);
Thomas J Aton, Dallas, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
Memory chips with data memory (202), embedded logic (206) and broadcast memory (204) for two modes of operation are disclosed. A first mode of operation is the usual memory mode expected of a data RAM. The second mode of operation allows localized computation and/or processing of the data in data memory (202) by the embedded logic (206) with minimal handshaking with a remote CPU. In a functioning system, the memory chips are organized in a hierarchical manner and include address-associative memory systems.