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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2007
Applicant:
Bryan Cope, Austin, TX (US);
Inventor:
Bryan Cope, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Sigmatel, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/14 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for controlling memory operations is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the system includes a memory controller that can request control of a contact that is shared between a first memory device and a second memory device. In a particular embodiment, the memory controller includes a state machine to request and receive control of the contact. In another particular embodiment, the first memory device is a non-volatile memory device and the second memory device is a volatile memory device.