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Integrated circuit I/O using a high performance bus interface

US5638334A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 24, 1995
Grant dateJun 10, 1997
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Expiry dateMay 24, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02D10/00
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention includes a memory device having a plurality of independently addressable memory sections, each of the memory sections is assigned a portion of the range of addresses. A plurality of address registers coupled to the plurality of the memory sections, each address register for storing information indicating a portion of the range of addresses that corresponds to one of the plurality of memory sections. One of the plurality of the address registers specifies that a zero portion of the range of the addresses is assigned to one of the plurality of memory sections if the at least one of the plurality of the memory sections is defective.

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