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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ricardo H. Bruce, Union City, CA (US);
Rolando H. Bruce, S. San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
BiTMICRO Networks, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/604 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 1/604 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for and method of memory operation having a memory, a cache containing a plurality of entries with a plurality of the entries to be written to memory, a detector for detecting in the cache the plurality of entries to be written to memory, and a processor for erasing a first portion of the memory to accommodate the plurality of entries to be written to memory and writing to the first portion of the memory the plurality of entries to be written to memory wherein an erase operation is followed by a plurality of sequential write operations.