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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2014
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Liran Erez, Petach Tikva, IL;
Guy Ben-Yehuda, Hod Hasharon, IL;
Avraham (Poza) Meir, Rishon Lezion, IL;
Ori Isachar, Herzliya, IL;
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/56 (2006.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/5628 (2013.01); G11C 7/1045 (2013.01); G11C 7/1063 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a register memory and circuitry. The register memory is configured to hold a minimal value specified for a performance measure of a given type of memory access commands, whose actual performance measures vary among memory devices. The circuitry is configured to receive a memory access command of the given type, to execute the received memory access command in one or more memory devices, and to acknowledge the memory access command not before reaching the minimal value stored in the register memory.