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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:
Oct. 31, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
John D Provence, Mesquite, TX (US);
Ian L Bower, Dallas, TX (US);
Paul Eaves, Garland, TX (US);
Craig L Dalley, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
711211 ; 711219 ;
Abstract
A computing device (10) includes a processor (14) coupled to a memory interface (28). The memory interface (28) supports access to a variety of memories (12) using at least two different data lengths. The memory interface (28) includes an address register (50, 52) for receiving addressing information to access the memory (12). A mode bit (80) and a high/low bit (82) in the address register (50, 52) determine the different operating modes of the memory interface (28).