Method for writing to multiple banks of a memory device

A method of preparing to write to all memory banks of a semiconductor device, comprising:

• activating all of said memory banks;
• and
• treating at least one memory bank out of all of said memory banks as a separate memory bank, further comprising:
• discretely writing to said one memory bank.

A method of storing data in a plurality of memory banks, comprising:

• assigning portions of said data to rows in said plurality of memory banks;
• activating a first row in a first memory bank of said plurality of memory banks, said first row having a first assigned data portion;
• activating a second row in a second memory bank of said plurality of memory banks, said second row having a second assigned data portion similar to said first assigned data portion;
• and
• simultaneously writing common parts of said first assigned data portion and said second assigned data portion to said first row and to said second row.

A method of entering data into a plurality of memory banks, comprising:

• deactivating all rows of all memory banks of said plurality of memory banks;
• activating particular rows of particular memory banks of said plurality of memory banks;
• and
• sending said data to all activated rows in response to a common command.

A method of storing like values in memory locations that are in different memory banks yet have analogous column addresses, comprising:

• assigning a value to a first memory location in a first memory bank;
• assigning said value to a second memory location in a second memory bank;
• maintaining an active first row line corresponding to said first memory location;
• maintaining an active second row line corresponding to said second memory location;
• transmitting data representing said value through a first column line corresponding to said first memory location;
• and
• simultaneously transmitting said data through a second column line corresponding to said second memory location and analogous to said first column line.

A method of operating a computer system including a system clock and an SDRAM circuit, wherein said method comprises:

• activating a plurality of memory banks of said SDRAM circuit;
• entering a column address into said computer system;
• providing storable data for said computer system;
• and
• writing said data to said plurality of memory banks at said column address during a clock pulse transmitted by said system clock.