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Apparatus and method for reducing memory access conflict

US7958321B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 20, 2008
Grant dateJun 7, 2011
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Expiry dateSep 29, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F12/0607
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Provided are an apparatus and a method of reducing memory access conflict. An apparatus for reducing memory access conflict when a plurality of data processing elements perform simultaneous access to a memory including a plurality of pages, each of which includes a plurality of subpages, the apparatus comprising: an access arbiter mapping a subpage division address corresponding to least significant bits of a memory access address received from each of the data processing elements to another address having a same number of bits as the subpage division address in order for data to be output from each of the subpages in a corresponding page at a time of the simultaneous access; and a selector, prepared for each of the pages, selecting to output one of the data output from the subpages using the mapped results.

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