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Device and method for maximizing performance on a memory interface with a variable number of channels

US6952745B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 25, 2004
Grant dateOct 4, 2005
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Expiry dateJul 5, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C7/1072
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention includes a method and device for controlling the data length of read and write operations performed on a memory device. The method includes determining a first number of channels available to a memory controller operatively coupled to the memory device; determining a second number representative of the number of populated channels; calculating a burst length based on the first and second numbers; and programming the memory controller to use the burst length as the data length of read and write operations performed on the memory device.

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