Semiconductor memory system

A semiconductor memory system having a set of semiconductor memory devices of which the read and write operations can be controlled by commands received from an external CPU, comprising:

• a semiconductor memory device having a chip select signal input, an output enable signal input, a write enable signal input, address inputs and data I/O ports, and arranged so that data reading and writing at high speeds is performed through the interface of the buses connected to the address inputs and the data I/O ports;
• a semiconductor memory device having a chip select signal input, an output enable signal input, a write enable signal input, address inputs and data I/O ports, and arranged so that data reading and writing is controlled by commands provided via the data I/O ports;
• and
• a controller having an output address offset register for controlling the read and write operation of each of the semiconductor memory devices, wherein
• a single write operation to the controller can simultaneously write the same data into different addresses of the semiconductor memory devices.

A semiconductor memory system having a set of semiconductor memory devices of which the read and write operations can be controlled by commands received from an external CPU, comprising:

• a semiconductor memory device having a chip select signal input, an output enable signal input, a write enable signal input, address inputs and data I/O ports, and arranged so that data reading and writing at high speeds is performed through the interface of the buses connected to the address inputs and the data I/O ports;
• a semiconductor memory device having a chip select signal input, an output enable signal input, a write-enable signal input, address inputs, and data I/O ports and arranged for data reading and writing with commands received through the data I/O ports;
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• a controller arranged for controlling the read and write operation of each of the semiconductor memory devices, wherein
• when the controller is set with a specific mode, each of the semiconductor memory devices can directly be accessed without passing through the controller.

A semiconductor memory system having a set of semiconductor memory devices of which the read and write operations can be controlled by commands received from an external CPU, comprising:

• semiconductor memory devices, each having a chip select signal input, an output enable signal input, a write enable signal input, address inputs and data I/O ports, and arranged so that data reading and writing is controlled by different commands provided via the corresponding data I/O ports;
• and
• a controller having for controlling the read and write operation of each of the semiconductor memory devices, wherein
• the access to any of the semiconductor memory devices can be conducted by a common command during the read and write operation through the controller.

A semiconductor memory system having a set of semiconductor memory devices of which the read and write operations can be controlled by commands received from an external CPU, comprising:

• a volatile semiconductor memory device having a chip select signal input, an output enable signal input, a write enable signal input, address inputs and data I/O ports, and arranged so that data reading and writing at high speeds is performed through the interface of the buses connected to the address inputs and the data I/O ports;
• a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device having a chip select signal input, an output enable signal input, a write enable signal input, address inputs and data I/O ports, and arranged so that data reading and writing is controlled by commands provided via the data I/O ports;
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• a controller arranged for controlling the read and write operation of each of the semiconductor memory devices, wherein
• upon connection to a power supply, a data saved in a part or the entire area of the nonvolatile semiconductor memory device can automatically be transferred to the volatile semiconductor memory device.

A semiconductor memory system having a set of semiconductor memory devices of which the read and write operations can be controlled by commands received from an external CPU, comprising:

• a semiconductor memory device having a chip select signal input, an output enable signal input, a write enable signal input, address inputs and data I/O ports, and arranged so that data reading and writing at high speeds is performed through the interface of the buses connected to the address inputs and the data I/O ports;
• a semiconductor memory device having a chip select signal input, an output enable signal input, a write enable signal input, address inputs and data I/O ports, and arranged so that data reading and writing is controlled by commands provided via the data I/O ports;
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• a controller arranged for controlling the read and write operation of each of the semiconductor memory devices, wherein
• when the controller is supplied with a command, a receiver address, a sender address, and an amount of data, the data can be transferred from one of the semiconductor memory devices to another within this system.

A semiconductor memory system having a set of semiconductor memory devices of which the read and write operations can be controlled by commands received from an external CPU, comprising:

• a semiconductor memory device having a chip select signal input, an output enable signal input, a write enable signal input, address inputs and data I/O ports, and arranged so that data reading and writing at high speeds is performed through the interface of the buses connected to the address inputs and the data I/O ports;
• a semiconductor memory device having a chip select signal input, an output enable signal input, a write enable signal input, address inputs and data I/O ports, and arranged so that data reading and writing is controlled by commands provided via the data I/O ports;
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• a controller arranged for controlling the read and write operation of each of the semiconductor memory devices, wherein
• when a data is read out from any of the semiconductor memory devices, it is written into a desired address of another semiconductor memory device and simultaneously dispatched from the controller to the outside.

A semiconductor memory system having a set of semiconductor memory devices of which the read and write operations can be controlled by commands received from an external CPU, comprising:

• a volatile semiconductor memory device having a chip select signal input, an output enable signal input, a write enable signal input, address inputs and data I/O ports, and arranged so that data reading and writing at high speeds is performed through the interface of the buses connected to the address inputs and the data I/O ports;
• a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device having a chip select signal input, an output enable signal input, a write enable signal input, address inputs and data I/O ports, and arranged so that data reading and writing is controlled by commands provided via the data I/O ports;
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• a controller arranged for controlling the read and write operation of each of the semiconductor memory devices, wherein
• a data read from a part or the entire area of the volatile semiconductor memory device is written at intervals of a particular time by the controller into the nonvolatile semiconductor memory device.

A semiconductor memory system having a set of semiconductor memory devices of which the read and write operations can be controlled by commands received from an external CPU, comprising:

• a volatile semiconductor memory device having a chip select signal input, an output enable signal input, a write enable signal input, address inputs and data I/O ports, and arranged so that data reading and writing at high speeds is performed through the interface of the buses connected to the address inputs and the data I/O ports;
• a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device having a chip select signal input, an output enable signal input, a write enable signal input, address inputs and data I/O ports, and arranged so that data reading and writing is controlled by commands provided via the data I/O ports;
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• a controller arranged for controlling the read and write operation of each of the semiconductor memory devices, wherein
• the controller upon receiving a command from the CPU compares a data read out from a part or the entire area of the volatile semiconductor device with a data read out from a part or the entire area of the nonvolatile semiconductor device and only when finds that the data from the volatile semiconductor memory device is different, can write the data into the nonvolatile semiconductor memory device.

A semiconductor memory system having a set of semiconductor memory devices of which the read and write operations can be controlled by commands received from an external CPU, comprising:

• a volatile semiconductor memory device having a chip select signal input, an output enable signal input, a write enable signal input, address inputs and data I/O ports, and arranged so that data reading and writing at high speeds is performed through the interface of the buses connected to the address inputs and the data I/O ports;
• a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device having a chip select signal input, an output enable signal input, a write enable signal input, address inputs and data I/O ports, and arranged so that data reading and writing is controlled by commands provided via the data I/O ports;
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• a controller arranged for controlling the read and write operation of each of the semiconductor memory devices, wherein
• the memory area of the volatile semiconductor memory device is divided into segments which are then assigned with updating flags and when a segment is updated, its updating flag is set up allowing the controller to read a data from the segment in the volatile semiconductor memory device and write the same data into the nonvolatile semiconductor memory device.