摘要:
Improved memory access is provided for use when addressing dynamic random access modules (DRAMs). Both the memory contoller and the main memory hardware remember the row address of the last access. The main memory hardware redrives that row address to the DRAMs after completion of an access, and the memory controller compares each new row address with the row address of the last access, allowing the DRAM to be accessed immediately if the two addresses are the same by activating the Row Address Strobe (RAS).
摘要:
An improved multiprocessor system of the type including a plurality of processors and an array of memories interconnected by an interrogation logic where the processors have a store-in cache is presented. In such processors the most recent copy of the data does not always reside in the memories but can reside in a processor's cache necessitating cross-interrogation producing system delays. These delays are reduced by a fetch buffer selectively coupled to each memory for holding data before cross-interrogation and other checks are complete.
摘要:
Improved memory access is provided for use when addressing dynamic random access modules (DRAMs). Both the memory contoller and the main memory hardware remember the row address of the last access. The main memory hardware redrives that row address to the DRAMs after completion of an access, and the memory controller compares each new row address with the row address of the last access, allowing the DRAM to be accessed immediately if the two addresses are the same by activating the Row Address Strobe (RAS).
摘要:
An improved multiprocessor system of the type including a plurality of processors and an array of memories interconnected by an interrogation logic where the processors have a store-in cache is presented. In such processors the most recent copy of the data does not always reside in the memories but can reside in a processor's cache necessitating cross-interrogation producing system delays. These delays are reduced by a fetch buffer selectively coupled to each memory for holding data before cross-interrogation and other checks are complete.
摘要:
A programmable memory controller communicates starting word transfer information with fetch column addresses to assist memory support circuitry interfacing with page mode dynamic random access memory (DRAM) modules. This transfer information is normally provided to the memory support circuitry just before selection of the starting transfer data word from the fetch data line buffer. Memory latency can be reduced when transfer information is available to the support circuitry as it drives column addresses and/or column address strobe signals to the DRAMs.
摘要:
A programmable memory controller communicates starting word transfer information with fetch column addresses to assist memory support circuitry interfacing with page mode dynamic random access memory (DRAM) modules. This transfer information is normally provided to the memory support circuitry just before selection of the starting transfer data word from the fetch data line buffer. Memory latency can be reduced when transfer information is available to the support circuitry as it drives column addresses and/or column address strobe signals to the DRAMs.