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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1997
James M. Ottinger, Duluth, GA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A present request includes a present bank select that maps the present request to one bank of a memory having multiple banks. A first request includes a first bank select that maps the first request to one bank of the memory, and a second request includes a second bank select that maps the second request to one bank of the memory. A method of arbitrating requests to the memory includes the steps of (a) processing a present request to access the memory; (b) receiving a first request to access the memory and a second request to access the memory; (c) selecting from the first request and the second request, a next request to access the memory; and (d) processing the next request to access the memory. Furthermore, the selecting step of the method is dependent upon the present bank select, the first bank select, and the second bank select. A memory controller and a computer system which implement the method of arbitrating requests is also disclosed.