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US 2014/0156946 A1Published application
Memory prefetch systems and methods
AssigneeMicron Technology, Inc.
InventorJoe M. Jeddeloh
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed herein, including those that operate to prefetch a programmable number of data words from a selected memory vault in a stacked-die memory system when a pipeline associated with the selected memory vault is empty.
Claims22
A memory system comprising:
- a first memory vault comprising a first stacked plurality of memory arrays, each memory array in the first stacked plurality of memory arrays located on one of a plurality of stacked memory dies;
- a second memory vault comprising a second stacked plurality of memory arrays, each memory array in the second stacked plurality of memory arrays located on one of the plurality of stacked memory dies;
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- at least one controller communicatively coupled to at least one of the first and second memory vaults to provide at least one of control, switching, communication logic, or prefetch operations associated with at least one to the first and second memory vaults.
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