摘要 |
<p>A memory access device comprises: a memory unit having a plurality of independently accessible banks; a pipeline stage number setting unit for setting the number of the pipeline stages in a pipeline operation for accessing the next-to-be-accessed one of the plurality of independently accessible banks before completing an access to a currently accessed one of the plurality of independently accessible banks, so that banks whose number is not more than the number of the plurality of banks are accessed; a unit for generating an address of the next-to-be-accessed one of the plurality of independently accessible banks and for switching a bank from the currently used one of the plurality of independently accessible banks to the next-to-be-accessed one of the plurality of independently accessible banks in accordance with the number of the pipeline stages set by the pipeline stage number setting unit. <IMAGE></p> |