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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2012
Applicant:
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventor:
Kjeld Svendsen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01); G06F 11/34 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/1642 (2013.01); G06F 11/3037 (2013.01); G06F 11/3409 (2013.01); G06F 12/0215 (2013.01); G06F 11/3062 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided that facilitate memory storage in a multi-bank memory device. The system contains a memory controller and a memory array communicatively coupled to the memory controller. The memory controller sends commands to the memory array and the memory array updates or retrieves data contained therein based upon the command. If the memory controller detects a pattern of memory requests, the memory controller can issue a preemptive activation request to the memory array. Accordingly, memory access overhead is reduced.