Scalable memory
CA 2376331 A1 · Owner: Ekanadham, Kattamuri · Inventors: Ekanadham, Kattamuri; Bilardi, Gianfranco; Pattnaik, Pratap C.
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A memory structure and method for handling memory requests from a processor and for, returning correspondence responses to the processor from various levels of the memory structure. The memory levels of the memory structure are interconnected by a forward and return path with, the return path having twice the bandwidth of the forward path. An algorithm is used to, determine how many responses are sent from each memory level on the return path to the, processor. This algorithm is designed to guarantee a constant bound on the rate of responses sent, to the processor. More specifically if a write request is at the same level to which it is targeted, or if a request at a memory level is …
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- Filed March 12, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended March 12, 2022.
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