Method and apparatus for dynamically placing portions of a memory in a reduced power consumption state
US6141283A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 1, 1999 |
| Grant date | Oct 31, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 1, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02D30/50
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus and method for dynamically placing portions of a memory in a reduced power consumption state. Requests to access a memory that includes a plurality of rows of memory components are received. One or more of the plurality of rows of memory components are placed in a reduced power consumption state based on the requests while one or more other rows of the plurality of rows are accessed.
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