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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:
Jun. 26, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1999
Puthiya K. Nizar, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Michael W. Williams, Citrus Heights, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the invention is a method for decoding a memory access address. A portion of the memory access address is compared to a plurality of boundary values, each of the plurality of boundary values representing an uppermost address for a group of memory devices, each of the memory devices in the group having the same configuration. A group number is generated that represents an addressed group that contains an addressed memory device that contains the memory access address. A device number is generated that represents the location of the addressed memory device within the addressed group. A device selection signal is generated responsive to the group number and the device number.