Look ahead methods and apparatus
AssigneeSaifun Semiconductors Ltd.
InventorsZeev Cohen, Ran Dvir, Eduardo Maayan
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Abstract
A method for operating a memory device, the method comprising marking a portion of a memory device associated with a group of bits comprising at least one bit upon which an operation is to be performed, and operating on the group of bits and skipping operating on at least one unmarked portion of the memory device in an operation cycle of the memory device. A random access memory (RAM) device is also disclosed comprising a plurality of addresses for storing therein data, and at least one address pointer for at least one of the addresses in the RAM device.
Claims16
A method for operating a memory device, the method comprising:
- marking a portion of a memory device that comprises data associated with performance of an operation on a memory cell;
- and
- retrieving said data from said portion that is marked, and skipping retrieving data from at least one unmarked portion of said memory device in an operation cycle of said memory device.
A memory device comprising:
- a random access memory (RAM) device comprising a plurality of addresses for storing therein data, and at least one address pointer for at least one of said addresses in said RAM device.
The memory device according to claim 13 wherein said controller is adapted to scan said RAM device address by address.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.