A memory controller and a memory control method are disclosed. The memory controller includes a first buffer configured to receive a first memory request from a host and to store the first memory request, a request scheduler configured to determine an order in which the first memory request is transferred to a command generator, a request generator configured to generate one or more second memory requests based on a generation parameter of the first memory request, in response to an address of the first memory request corresponding to a processing in memory (PIM) memory, the command generator being configured to generate a first command corresponding to the first memory request and one or more second commands corresponding to the one or more second memory requests, and to store the generated first command and the one or more second commands in a second buffer, and a command scheduler configured to schedule the first command and the one or more second commands.