METHOD FOR DETERMINING VALID BYTES FOR MULTIPLE-BYTE BURST MEMORIES

摘要

A memory controller (104) for a multi-byte burst memory device (102) may control access to memory based on parameters set up by a client (106). These parameters may include a byte address and a byte count that indicates the number of bytes the client is requesting from memory. These values, and an integer representing the number of bytes in a burst-accessed word, may be operated on to produce a word that may be used to identity valid bytes in th e burst-accessed word.