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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2001
Gregg A. Bouchard, Round Rock, TX (US);
Mauricio Calle, Austin, TX (US);
Ravi Ramaswami, Austin, TX (US);
Gregg A. Bouchard, Round Rock, TX (US);
Mauricio Calle, Austin, TX (US);
Ravi Ramaswami, Austin, TX (US);
Agere Systems Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
A memory system having multiple memory banks is configured to prevent bank conflict between access requests. The memory system includes a memory controller and a plurality of memory banks operatively coupled to the memory controller, with each of the memory banks configured for storing a plurality of data items. More particularly, a given data item is stored as multiple copies of the data item with the multiple copies being stored in respective ones of a designated minimum number of the memory banks. The memory controller is adapted to process requests for access to the data items stored in the memory banks in accordance with a specified bank access sequence.