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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2013
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Eric W. Busta, Windsor, CO (US);
Karthik Natarajan, Austin, TX (US);
Brian M. Lay, Boulder, CO (US);
Gregory A. Constant, Austin, TX (US);
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A register file includes a substrate, a plurality of entries, and a plurality of read ports. Each entry includes a corresponding subset of a plurality of memory cells defined on the substrate. Each read port includes a plurality of access elements defined on the substrate. Each access element is associated with a particular common bit position of each of the entries. A plurality of entry access groups are disposed in adjacent columns on the substrate. Each entry access group is associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of entries and includes the access elements for all of the read ports for the corresponding entry.