Method of Dynamic Channel Switch by Hypervisor
AssigneeMediatek Inc.
InventorsJun-Yi Ke, Jia-An Wang
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Abstract
A computing system includes a memory controller, a central processing unit (CPU), and a random access memory (RAM). The memory controller determines if the computing system is in a low power mode. If the memory controller detects at least one m-channel regions of the RAM has been accessed, the memory controller sends an interrupt to a hypervisor of the CPU. Then the CPU performs page migration to move data in at least one m-channel region of the RAM to at least one n-channel region of the RAM, where m>n. After completing the page migration, the CPU notifies the memory controller.
Claims11
A memory control method for a computing system, the computing system comprising a memory controller, a central processing unit (CPU), a random access memory (RAM), the memory control method comprising:
- the memory controller determining if the computing system is in a low power mode;
- if the memory controller detects at least one m-channel regions of the RAM has been accessed, the memory controller sending an interrupt to a hypervisor of the CPU;
- the CPU performing page migration to move data in at least one m-channel region of the RAM to at least one n-channel region of the RAM, where m>n;
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- after completing the page migration, the CPU notifying the memory controller completion of the page migration.
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