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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2012
Applicant:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Serge Bernard Lasserre, Plascassier, FR;
Marouane Berrada, Nice, FR;
Stephen Busch, Grasse, FR;
Denis Beaudoin, Rowlett, TX (US);
Assignee:
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G11C 11/406 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2013.01); G11C 11/40603 (2013.01); G11C 11/40611 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system includes multiple master devices and at least one memory refresh scheduler. When a master device needs higher priority for memory access, the master device sends a dynamic priority signal to the memory refresh scheduler and in response, the memory refresh scheduler changes its policy for issuing refresh commands.