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Memory devices

US5715200A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 1, 1996
Grant dateFeb 3, 1998
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Expiry dateOct 1, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F12/0893
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A memory device with a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) having an array of a plurality of rows and columns of memory elements; a cache memory formed integrally with the DRAM and includinmg at least one register with a plurality of memory elements and connected in pitch-matched relation to the DRAM array, the number of memory elements in a row of the DRAM being n times the number of memory elements in the at least one register, n being an integer greater than or equal to 2; and a connector for connecting the at least one register to the DRAM, the connector for the at least one register being a bus having a width corresponding to the number of memory elements therein.

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