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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2001
Julie M. Staraitis, Ayer, MA (US);
Marc E. Lamere, Carlisle, MA (US);
Jason Eisenberg, Mountain View, CA (US);
Micah C. Knapp, Cambridge, MA (US);
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A memory array includes a plurality of memory cells logically arranged in M rows and N columns, wherein N is the number of memory cells per word of digital information and M is the number of words within the array. A plurality of N data output lines are associated with each of the N columns of the array for selectively retrieving output data from a word located at a predetermined word address in the array. Each data output line is selectively shared by each of the M memory cells within its associated column. Each of the cell output lines of the M memory cells in each of the N columns are logically OR-ed together to provide the output data retrieved by each data output line associated with each of the N columns.