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US 6,151,239 AGranted
Data packet with embedded mask
AssigneeRambus Inc.
InventorPradeep Batra
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for storing data in a memory. Mask information is embedded in a data packet and used to indicate memory locations at which data values in the data packet are to be stored.
Claims23
A memory controller comprising:
- command logic to transmit a command that requests a memory device to store a plurality of data values;
- and
- a packetizer to transmit to the memory device a data packet that includes a plurality of data values and a mask value, the mask value indicating respective locations within the memory device at which the plurality of data values are to be stored.
A memory controller, comprising:
- means for transmitting a command that requests a memory device to store a plurality of data values;
- and
- means for transmitting to the memory device a data packet that includes a plurality of data values and a mask value, the mask value indicating respective locations within the memory device at which the plurality of data values are to be stored.
A method of information transmission, comprising:
- receiving a plurality of data values;
- receiving a mask value;
- and
- packing the plurality of data values and the mask value into a data packet.
1 more element
A memory controller, comprising:
- a packet circuit to output to a memory device a packet that includes a plurality of values;
- and
- a command circuit to output a command to request the memory device to store a subset of the plurality of values within the packet, the command to indicate whether the packet includes a mask value, the mask value to indicate storage locations within the memory device for some of the plurality of values.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.