摘要:
As interfaces to DRAMs become more advanced and higher performance, the interfaces and signal lines required to support the interface become more expensive to implement. Therefore, it is desirable to minimize the number of signal lines and maximize the bandwidth of the signal lines interfacing to the DRAM in order to take advantage of the high performance of the signal lines in the interface. In the DRAM memory system of the present invention, the address and control lines and are combined and the information multiplexed such that the DRAM pins have roughly equal information rate at all times.
摘要:
An integrated circuit device includes a sense amplifier with an input to receive a present signal representing a present bit. The sense amplifier is to produce a decision regarding a logic level of the present bit. The integrated circuit device also includes a circuit to precharge the input of the sense amplifier by applying to the input of the sense amplifier a portion of a previous signal representing a previous bit. The integrated circuit device further includes a latch, coupled to the sense amplifier, to output the logic level.
摘要:
A system includes a first bus, a master device coupled to the first bus, and one or more subsystems coupled to the first bus. A respective subsystem includes a second bus, one or more slave devices coupled to the second bus, a write buffer to receive incoming signals from the master device via the first bus and to transmit signals to the one or more slave devices via the second bus in response to the incoming signals, and a read buffer to receive outgoing signals from the one or more slave devices via the second bus and to transmit signals to the master device via the first bus in response to the outgoing signals.
摘要:
A bus system for use with addressable memory has a global bus of bidirectional signal lines. The global bus has a first end and a second end. A master device transmits data to and receives data from the global bus at the first end. A global bus terminator is coupled to the global bus at the second end. One or more slave devices, including a last slave device at a furthest distance from the master device, each includes an active terminator coupled to at least some of the bidirectional signal lines of the global bus. The active terminator of only the last slave device is enabled.
摘要:
An architecture for generating a hardware cursor in the context of a bit mapped video display system operable from a frame buffer with non-displayed but addressable memory space. A segment of the non-displayed memory is loaded with cursor outline and pattern information. The cursor data is accessed from the non-displayed segment of the memory during horizontal blank time preceding the raster scan of the video pattern data subject to cursor overlay. Thereby, the video pattern data in the frame buffer and cursor data are arranged by scan or row line. The column location of the cursor pattern is defined by the computer and stored in a position counter to be synchronously incremented by pixel during the scan of the frame buffer line. At the appropriate count the cursor data is logically combined with frame buffer pattern data to superimpose the cursor characteristics upon the video pattern data. The cursor data buffer can thereby be relatively small yet overlay a relatively large cursor with minimal manipulation by the computer controlling the video display.