Memory for reducing cost and power consumption
AssigneeChangxin Memory Technologies, Inc.
InventorsShu-Liang Ning, Jun He, Zhan Ying, Jie Liu
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Abstract
A memory includes: a control chip; and a plurality of storage chips, in which the plurality of storage chips are electrically connected with the control chip via a common communication channel, the plurality of storage chips include a first storage chip set and a second storage chip set, the storage chips in the first storage chip set are configured to perform information interaction with the control chip by adopting a first clock signal, the storage chips in the second storage chip set are configured to perform information interaction with the control chip by adopting a second clock signal, and phase of the first clock signal is different from phase of the second clock signal.
Claims19
A memory, comprising:
- a control chip;
- and
- a plurality of storage chips, wherein the plurality of storage chips are electrically connected with the control chip via a common communication channel, the plurality of storage chips comprise a first storage chip set and a second storage chip set, the storage chips in the first storage chip set are configured to perform information interaction with the control chip by adopting a first clock signal, the storage chips in the second storage chip set are configured to perform information interaction with the control chip by adopting a second clock signal, and phase of the first clock signal is different from phase of the second clock signal;
- wherein each storage chip comprises at least one channel;
- the channel comprises:
- a plurality of storage banks, wherein each storage bank comprises a plurality of storage units, the plurality of storage banks are configured to perform read operation alternately and the plurality of storage banks are configured to perform write operation alternately, a command port, wherein the command port is configured to receive a command signal at a corresponding clock edge, and the command signal is configured to control the read-write operation of the storage banks;
- and a data port, wherein the data port is configured to receive a data signal to be written into the storage banks or send a data signal at the corresponding clock edge;
- the corresponding clock edge comprises a clock edge of the first clock signal or a clock edge of the second clock signal;
- and the command port comprises a row address port and a column address port, the row address port is configured to receive a row address signal of a position where a target storage unit is located, the column address port is configured to receive a column address signal of the position where the target storage unit is located, and the target storage unit is a storage unit selected from the plurality of storage units.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.