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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
May. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Inventors:
Angel G. Perozo, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
William W. Dennin, III, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Marvell International LTD., Hamilton, BM;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/1663 (2013.01); G11C 7/1075 (2013.01);
Abstract
Apparatus having corresponding methods and computer-readable media comprise: a memory having a plurality of ports; a plurality of processors, wherein each processor is configured to access a respective port of the memory, and wherein each processor is configured to wait responsive to assertion of a respective wait signal; and an arbiter configured to assert the wait signals responsive to memory enable signals asserted by the processors such that the memory is accessed by only one of the processors at a time.