Multimode accessible storage facility
US8762686B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 22, 2010 |
| Grant date | Jun 24, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 1, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11C8/04
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A multimode accessible storage facility (10) is described that allows block access in a block access mode and row access in a row access mode. The facility comprises—a memory unit (20) comprising a plurality of memory banks (20.0, . . . , 20.F) each having a respective bank index (0, . . . , F), —an address generator (30) for generating for each of said memory banks a rotated bank address as a function of an input address and a shift parameter, —an input vector data rotator (40) for rotating an input vector and for providing vector elements of the rotated input vector to a respective bank of the memory unit, and—an output vector rotator (50) for inverse rotating a vector comprising vector elements retrieved from respective banks of the memory unit and for providing the rotated output vector.
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