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US 2015/0089127 A1Published application
Memory broadcast command
OwnerKuljit S. Bains, Pete D. Vogtinventors
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Abstract
Apparatus, systems, and methods to broadcast a memory command are described. In one embodiment, a memory controller comprising logic to insert a first predetermined value into an all ranks parameter in a memory command, and transmit the memory command to a memory device. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
Claims20
A memory controller comprising logic to:
- insert a first predetermined value into an all ranks parameter in a memory command;
- and
- transmit the memory command to a memory device.
An apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory control logic to:
- insert a first predetermined value into an all ranks parameter in a memory command;
- and
- transmit the memory command to a memory device.
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A command decoder comprising logic to:
- receive a memory command comprising an all ranks parameter;
- and
- broadcast the memory command to all ranks in a memory device coupled to the command decoder when the all ranks parameter holds a first predetermined value.
A memory device, comprising:
- a plurality of memory chips organized into two or more memory ranks;
- a command decoder coupled to the plurality of memory chips comprising logic to:
- receive a memory command comprising an all ranks parameter;
- and
- broadcast the memory command to all ranks in a memory device coupled to the command decoder when the all ranks parameter holds a first predetermined value.
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An electronic device, comprising:
- at least one electronic component;
- a memory controller comprising logic to:
- insert a predetermined value into an all ranks parameter in a memory command;
- and
- transmit the memory command to a memory device, the memory device comprising:
- a plurality of memory chips organized into two or more memory ranks;
- a command decoder coupled to the plurality of memory chips comprising logic to:
- receive the memory command comprising the all ranks parameter;
- and
- broadcast the memory command to all ranks in the memory device coupled to the command decoder when the all ranks parameter holds a first predetermined value.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.