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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2003
Peter D. Lapidus, Boulder, CO (US);
Ronald Scott Hathcock, Longmont, CO (US);
Yat-loong to, Longmont, CO (US);
Peter D. Lapidus, Boulder, CO (US);
Ronald Scott Hathcock, Longmont, CO (US);
Yat-Loong To, Longmont, CO (US);
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for providing a low power memory array is provided. The method includes partitioning a memory array into at least two memory sections. Each memory section comprises a plurality of memory cells. A sense amplifier is provided for the memory sections. An operation request for a specified memory cell in one of the memory sections is received. The memory section comprising the specified memory cell is accessed. The requested operation is performed on the specified memory cell.