Contention free parallel access system and a method for contention free parallel access to a group of memory banks
US8627022B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 21, 2008 |
| Grant date | Jan 7, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 7, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03M13/6566
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A parallel access system including: a group of processing entities that comprises N processing entities; wherein N is a positive integer that exceeds one; a group of memory banks that stores K information elements; wherein the group of memory banks comprises N pairs of single access memory banks; each pair of memory banks comprises an even memory bank and an odd memory bank; wherein each pair of memory banks stores sub-set of K/N information elements; wherein an even memory bank of each pair of memory banks stores even address information elements of a certain sub-set of K/N information elements and an odd memory bank of each pair of memory banks stores odd address information elements of the certain sub-set of K/N information elements; wherein K/N is an even positive integer; and a non-blocking interconnect, coupled to the group of processing entities and to the group of memory banks; wherein during each fetch cycle each processing entity of the group of processing entities fetches a first information element from an odd memory unit of a pair of memory banks and fetches a second information element from an even memory unit of the pair of memory banks; wherein the first and second …
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