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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2005

Filed:

Jan. 28, 2002
Applicants:

Narendra S. Khandekar, Folsom, CA (US);

Michael W. Williams, Citrus Heights, CA (US);

Howard S. David, Portland, OR (US);

Inventors:

Narendra S. Khandekar, Folsom, CA (US);

Michael W. Williams, Citrus Heights, CA (US);

Howard S. David, Portland, OR (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F013/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An apparatus and a method to track command signal occurrence for DRAM data transfer have been disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes an interface to couple to a data bus, the data bus to transfer data between the interface and one or more memory devices, and a logic unit to generate a command occurrence signal to identify when a command signal is issued, wherein a set of data transfer operations on one of the one or more memory devices are completed in response to the command occurrence signal, a transition of a flag signal, and a chip select signal corresponding to the one memory device. Other embodiments have been claimed and described.


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