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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2011
Timothy Charles Mace, Haverhill, GB;
Ashley John Crawford, Saffron Walden, GB;
Timothy Charles Mace, Haverhill, GB;
Ashley John Crawford, Saffron Walden, GB;
ARM Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Abstract
Memory circuitry, a data processing apparatus and a method of storing data are disclosed. The memory circuitry comprises: a memory for storing the data; and control circuitry for controlling power consumption of the memory by controlling a rate of access to the memory such that an average access delay between adjacent accesses is maintained at or above a predetermined value; wherein the control circuitry is configured to determine a priority of an access request to the memory and to maintain the average access delay at or above the predetermined value by delaying at least some accesses from access requests having a lower priority for longer than at least some accesses from access requests having a higher priority.