Multiple read and write port memory

A method of operating a memory device, the method comprising:

• receiving, at a memory control device in a same clock cycle, multiple requests for performing respective operations in a first content memory bank of a set of content memory banks, including receiving at least a first request and a second request, the second request being for performing a write operation to write new content data to the first content memory bank,
• servicing, with the memory control device, the first request at least by performing the first memory operation in the first content memory bank, the first content memory bank corresponding with one or more parity memory banks, in a set of parity memory banks, configured to store parity data for reconstructing data stored in the first content memory bank;
• selecting, with the memory control device from a subset of the content memory banks, a second content memory bank for servicing the second request, the subset defined by content memory banks, in the set of content memory banks, that correspond with one or more parity memory banks, in the set of parity memory banks, different from one or more parity memory banks that correspond with the first content memory bank;
• servicing, with the memory control device, the second request at least by writing the new content data to the second content memory bank;
• and
• updating, with the memory control device based on the new content data, parity data in the one or more parity memory banks that correspond with the second content memory bank.