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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2006
Applicants:
Pierre Marty, Seyssins, FR;
Gaelle Rey, Grenoble, FR;
Pascal Chauvet, Grenoble, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics S.A., Montrouge, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A circuit for controlling a memory including at least two areas to which access cannot be had simultaneously, the circuit including first circuitry for storing a series of read and/or write instructions separately for each of the areas, and second circuitry for detecting that a first instruction intended for a first area is a predetermined instruction to be followed by a period during which the first area can receive no other instruction, and third circuitry for, during the period, providing instructions to another memory area.