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Randomly accessible memory having time overlapping memory accesses

US5367494A · kind A · utility

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11Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 31, 1993
Grant dateNov 22, 1994
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Expiry dateAug 31, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C11/005
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A memory device (28) executes memory access operations of two or more storage locations concurrently. The memory device (28) is comprised of a plurality of memory bank decode logic circuits (30, 32, 56) and a plurality of memory banks (34, 52). Each of the decode logic circuits decodes a first information and control signal set to enable a first memory bank to begin and complete a memory access operation. Each memory bank is comprised of a plurality of latch circuits (39,40, 42, 50) to store a predetermined information and control signal set necessary to perform the memory access operation. A second control signal and information set may, therefore, enable a second memory bank within the memory device (28) to perform a second memory access operation concurrently in time with the first memory access operation.

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