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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 24, 1999
James Crawford Steele, Chandler, AZ (US);
Desi Rhoden, Phoenix, AZ (US);
George Crouse, Chandler, AZ (US);
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A memory access approach optimizes memory address mapping for accessing data in a virtual memory arrangement wherein multiple banks of data are opened at once. One specific implementation is directed to a process of accessing data in a plurality of addressable banks of memory cells. The process involves accessing the memory cells by addressing arrays in the banks via column and row bits, and directing the address and control signals so that the addressable column address and row address bits are selected with a lower order group of the address bits directed to select the column address bits, and the next highest group of the address bits directed to select bank address bits. The next highest group of the address bits are directed to select the row address bits.