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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2007
Dongyun Lee, San Jose, CA (US);
Myung Rai Cho, San Jose, CA (US);
Sungjoon Kim, Cupertino, CA (US);
Silicon Image, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A multi-port memory device having two or more ports wherein each port may operate at a different speed. The multi-port memory device contains memory banks that may be accessed via the two or more ports. Two clock signals are applied to each port: a system clock and a port clock. The system clock is applied to port logic that interfaces with the memory banks so that the ports all operate at a common speed with respect to the memory banks. The port clock is applied to a clock divider circuit that is associated with each port. The port clock is divided to a desired frequency or kept at its original frequency. Such a configuration allows the ports to operate at different speeds that may be set on a port-by-port basis.