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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2011
Applicants:
Michael Priel, Netanya, IL;
Dan Kuzmin, Givat Shmuel, IL;
Sergey Sofer, Rishon Lezion, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 5/14 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 5/14 (2013.01); G06F 1/3225 (2013.01); G06F 1/3275 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1228 (2013.01); Y02B 60/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
An integrated circuit device comprising at least one memory module comprising a plurality of memory sub-modules, and at least one power management module arranged to provide power management for the at least one memory module. The at least one power management module is arranged to determine when content of at least one memory sub-module is redundant, and place the at least one memory sub-module into a powered-down state upon determining that content of the at least one memory sub-module is redundant.