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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2004
Young-duk Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Kyoung-mook Lim, Yongin-si, KR;
Jong-min Lee, Seoul, KR;
Seh-woong Jeong, Seoul, KR;
Jae-hong Park, Seongnam-si, KR;
Young-Duk Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Kyoung-Mook Lim, Yongin-si, KR;
Jong-Min Lee, Seoul, KR;
Seh-Woong Jeong, Seoul, KR;
Jae-Hong Park, Seongnam-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
Provided are an arbiter capable of improving memory access efficiency in a multi-bank memory, a memory access arbitration system including the arbiter, and an arbitration method thereof, where the arbiter detects requests that are not included in a busy bank, and allows the requests corresponding to a bank receiving the largest number of pending requests priorities; and write request information generated by masters is stored in a predetermined buffer to be output as additional master request information, and provides the corresponding master with an opportunity to generate new request information.