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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2002
Taketo Maesako, Tokyo, JP;
Kouki Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinori Matsui, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichi Sakakibara, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A semiconductor intergrated circuit device is comprised a main portion composed of a plurality of memory cells arranged in a plurality of rows and in a plurality of columns, a sub memory portion composed of a plurality of memory cells arranged in a plurality of rows and in a plurality of columns, a bi-directional data transfer circuit for connecting the main memory portion and the sub memory portion through data transfer bus lines, respectively, the sub memory portion being constituted with a plurality of memory cell groups, and a plurality of registers provided such that different data input/output modes are set independently for the plurality of the memory cell groups. Therefore, the semiconductor integrated circuit device of the present invention has a main memory suitable for being accessed from a plurality of data processors.