Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hashing with soft memory folding
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Application No.: US17519284Application Date: 2021-11-04
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Publication No.: US11567861B2Publication Date: 2023-01-31
- Inventor: Steven Fishwick , Jeffry E. Gonion , Per H. Hammarlund , Eran Tamari , Lior Zimet , Gerard R. Williams, III
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Kowert, Hood, Munyon, Rankin & Goetzel, P.C.
- Agent Lawrence J. Merkel
- Main IPC: G06F12/02
- IPC: G06F12/02 ; G06F12/0882 ; G06F12/0871 ; G06F12/1045

Abstract:
In an embodiment, a system may support programmable hashing of address bits at a plurality of levels of granularity to map memory addresses to memory controllers and ultimately at least to memory devices. The hashing may be programmed to distribute pages of memory across the memory controllers, and consecutive blocks of the page may be mapped to physically distant memory controllers. In an embodiment, address bits may be dropped from each level of granularity, forming a compacted pipe address to save power within the memory controller. In an embodiment, a memory folding scheme may be employed to reduce the number of active memory devices and/or memory controllers in the system when the full complement of memory is not needed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220342806A1 Hashing with Soft Memory Folding Public/Granted day:2022-10-27
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