Patent · US Expired

Memory system

US4903234A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 20, 1988
Grant dateFeb 20, 1990
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Expiry dateMay 20, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F12/10
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a memory system having a storage device and a key storage keeping key data controlling an access to the storage device, there is disposed a key address translation structure for obtaining an address of an entry of the key storage based on an address of the storage device to which an access request is issued. As a result, when subdividing the storage device according to the key data setting unit, each subdivided area can be assigned with a variable size and a plurality of sizes are enabled to be specified for the key data setting units at the same time.

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