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Sequential-write, random-read memory

US8659973B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

FUJITSU LIMITED · JP

Inventors

Scott McLeod · Los Gatos, US
William W. Walker · Los Gatos, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 18, 2010
Grant date	Feb 25, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 4, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11C8/18
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes, in response to assertion of a write-enable signal at a memory array that comprises a plurality of words, sequentially and at a first clock frequency writing data to the memory array starting at a beginning of the memory array until the memory array is full. The method includes, independent of the writing of data to the memory array, asynchronously and at a second clock frequency that is slower than the first clock frequency reading data from the memory array based on read addresses received at the memory array.

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