SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING MEMORY POWER CONSUMPTION IN INTEGRATED DEVICES

摘要

A method for reducing power consumption in integrated devices is provided. The method comprising: locating a plurality of unused blocks of memory and a plurality of used blocks of memory in a memory device tlhrough a tracking mechanism; performing a refresh operation on the plurality of used blocks of memory at a constant frequency and suppressing the refresh operation on the plurality of unused blocks of memory through a memory controller; and suppressing error correction codes or parity errors on at least one of the plurality of unused blocks of memory when the at least one of the plurality of unused blocks of memory is accessed through the memory controller.