Method for the anticipated reading of serial access memory, and memory pertaining thereto
US5663922A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 3, 1995 |
| Grant date | Sep 2, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 3, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11C11/005
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for reading a memory, such that the address decoding is started when the address bits have not yet all been received. All the information elements corresponding to the partially decoded address are extracted and, when the last address bits have been received, the information element corresponding to the complete address is selected. The maximum permissible time for extracting an information element is thus increased internally, while this period of time external to the memory remains the same for a given frequency.
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