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Memory system and method of using same

US6578126B1 · kind B1 · utility

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14Claims
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Filing dateSep 21, 2001
Grant dateJun 10, 2003
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Expiry dateJan 4, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F13/4243
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A memory system and method of using same are provided. In one embodiment of the present invention, a novel memory operation protocol may be used to facilitate the execution of memory operations in the memory system. These memory operations may include atomic read-modify-write operations that may involve arithmetic and/or logical operations of greater complexity than those that may be carried out in the prior art.

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