发明名称 Method and system for using dynamic random access memory as cache memory
摘要 A cache memory system and method include a DRAM having a plurality of banks, and they also include 2 SRAMs each having a capacity that is equal to the capacity of each bank of the DRAM. In operation, data read from a bank of the DRAM are stored in one of the SRAMs so that repeated hits to that bank are cached by reading from the SRAM. In the event of a write to a bank that is being refreshed, the write data are stored in one of the SRAMs. After the refresh of the bank has been completed, the data stored in the SRAM are transferred to the DRAM bank. A subsequent read or write to a second DRAM bank undergoing refresh and occurring during the transfer of data from an SRAM to the DRAM is stored in either the second bank or the other SRAM.
申请公布号 AU8492401(A) 申请公布日期 2002.02.25
申请号 AU20010084924 申请日期 2001.08.14
申请人 MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 发明人 BRENT KEETH;BRIAN M. SHIRLEY;CHARLES H DENNISON;KEVIN J. RYAN
分类号 G11C7/10;G11C11/406;G11C11/409;G11C15/04 主分类号 G11C7/10
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