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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2004
Charles Edward Evans, Corvalis, OR (US);
Douglas Gene Keithley, Boise, ID (US);
Charles Edward Evans, Corvalis, OR (US);
Douglas Gene Keithley, Boise, ID (US);
Marvell International Technology Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Abstract
A method for intervaled memory transfer access provides periodic authorization signals to a memory access controller. The method cycles between: 1) inhibiting the memory access controller from writing data to a memory until the memory access controller receives a periodic authorization signal to cause the memory access controller to remove the inhibition and write a predetermined amount of data to the memory through a data bus, and 2) releasing the data bus following writing of the predetermined amount of data to the memory by inhibiting the memory access controller from writing further data.