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US 2009/0213679 A1Published application
Power dependent memory access
AssigneeInfineon Technologies AG
InventorsThomas Leutgeb, Josef Haid, Stefan Rueping
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Abstract
An apparatus and method of accessing a memory by determining available power, and accessing a number of bits of the memory in parallel, wherein the number of bits accessed in parallel is based at least in part on the available power.
Claims23
A method of accessing a memory, comprising:
- determining available power;
- and
- accessing a number of bits of the memory in parallel,
- wherein the number of bits accessed in parallel is dynamically determined based at least in part on the available power.
1 more element
An apparatus, comprising:
- a memory;
- a read/write circuit;
- and
- an access controller configured to determine a number of bits of the memory to be accessed in parallel,
- wherein the number of bits accessed in parallel is dynamically determined based at least in part on available power.
2 more elements
A method of controlling accessing to a memory, comprising:
- determining available power;
- determining a minimum number of bits to be accessed in parallel;
- and
- preventing access to the memory if the available power is not sufficient to access the minimum number of bits in parallel.
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A system, comprising:
- a memory;
- a read/write circuit;
- and
- an access control means for determining a number of bits of the memory to be accessed in parallel,
- wherein the number of bits accessed in parallel is dynamically determined based at least in part on available power.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.