Patent · US Expired

Memory system and unique memory chip allowing island interlace

US5278800A · kind A · utility

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8References

5Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Warren W. Grunbok · Poughkeepsie, US
Billy J. Knowles · Kingston, US
William R. Milani · Woodstock, US
Douglas R. Moran · Folsom, US
Dale E. Pontius · Colchester, US
Donald W. Price · Kingston, US
Robert Tamlyn · Jericho, US
Yee-Ming Ting · Patterson, US
De Tran · Portland, US
Henry Yeh · Taipei, TW

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 31, 1991
Grant date	Jan 11, 1994
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 31, 2011

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11C8/12
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A memory system and a unique memory chip is disclosed wherein multiple islands on a chip can be separately accessed by separate island controllers whereby concurrent use of the several islands or arrays on a chip can be achieved.

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