Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a multilevel memory architecture with data prioritization. SOLUTION: In a method of controlling computer-readable memory that includes a plurality of memory locations, a usage frequency of a data unit stored in a first memory location is determined. The data unit is moved to a second memory location different from the first memory location that is selected based on a correspondence between a known latency of the second memory location and the usage frequency of the data unit, in which the second memory location is the primary data storage location for the data unit. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a structure and a method for implementing power saving in addressing of a DRAM device. SOLUTION: A random access memory device includes an array of individual memory cells arranged into rows and columns, and each memory cell has a corresponding access device. Assuming N as the number corresponding to the number of independently accessible partitions of the array, each row of the array further includes a corresponding plurality of N word lines, and each access device in a given row is coupled to only one of the N word lines of the rows. An address decoder communicating with the array receives a plurality of row address bits, and determines which of the N partitions in a requested row must be accessed on the requested row identified by the row address bits, and does not activate the access device within the selected row but not within the partition to be accessed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT