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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2016
Marvell Israel (M.i.s.l) Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
MARVELL ISRAEL (M.I.S.L) LTD., Yokneam, IL;
Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure provide a circuit that includes a plurality of memory access circuits configured to access a memory to read or write data of a first width. The memory includes a plurality of memory banks that are organized in hierarchy. Further, the circuit includes a plurality of interface circuits respectively associated with the plurality of memory access circuits. Each interface circuit is configured to receive memory access requests to first level memory banks from an associated memory access circuit, segment the memory access requests into sub-requests to corresponding second level memory banks, buffer the sub-requests into buffers associated with the second level memory banks. In addition, the circuit includes arbitration circuitry configured to control multiplexing paths from the buffers to the second level memory banks to enable, in a same memory access clock, memory accesses by the memory access circuits.