Systems and methods for asymmetric memory access to memory banks within integrated circuit systems

A method for asymmetric memory access in an integrated circuit, comprising:

• receiving memory access requests with a memory controller to access a memory having a plurality of memory banks, the memory controller having a plurality of access ports coupled to the memory, and the memory controller and the memory being within a single integrated circuit;
• determining, with the memory controller, memory banks to access for the memory access requests;
• and
• asymmetrically accessing, with the memory controller, the memory banks for the memory access requests based upon an access port and a memory bank to be used for each memory access request;
• wherein, for each access port, the memory controller provides the asymmetric memory access by selecting a memory access time from at least two different memory access times based upon the memory bank to be accessed for each access request;
• and
• wherein the different memory access times for each access port are based upon physical separation between the access port and the memory banks on the single integrated circuit.