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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2012
Suresh Natarajan Rajan, San Jose, CA (US);
Keith R. Schakel, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael John Sebastian Smith, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David T. Wang, San Jose, CA (US);
Frederick Daniel Weber, San Jose, CA (US);
Suresh Natarajan Rajan, San Jose, CA (US);
Keith R. Schakel, San Jose, CA (US);
Michael John Sebastian Smith, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David T. Wang, San Jose, CA (US);
Frederick Daniel Weber, San Jose, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method includes presenting multiple memory circuits to a system as a virtual memory circuit having at least one characteristic that is different from a corresponding characteristic of one of the physical memory circuits; receiving, at an interface circuit, a first command issued from the system to the virtual memory circuit; and in response to receiving the first command, 1) directing a copy of the first command to a first physical memory circuit of the multiple physical memory circuits, and 2) performing a power-saving operation on at least one other physical memory circuit of the multiple physical memory circuits.