Samsung patents memory that moves data to save power
Samsung describes a memory chip design that uses a controller to move data between different sections, or banks, of the memory. When one section is turned off to save energy, the system redirects the data request to a different section that is still active.
In the filing’s own words
The present disclosure relates to electronic devices, memory devices, and memory device operating methods. An example memory device includes a first bank, a second bank, a cache controller, and a way selector. The first bank includes a first way group configured to receive power and to store a first cache line corresponding to a first address. The second bank includes a second way group configured to receive power and to store a second cache line corresponding to a second address. The cache controller is configured to output a second target indicating the second bank based on a power control signal indicating to stop supplying the power to the first bank and the first address. The way selector is configured to transmit the first address to the second bank based on the first address, the power control signal, and the second target.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A memory device comprising: a first bank comprising a first way group, the first way group configured to receive power, and store a first cache line corresponding to a first address; a second bank comprising a second way group, the second way group configured to receive power, and store a second cache line corresponding to a second address; a cache controller configured to generate, based on a power control signal and the first address, a second target indicating the second bank, the power control signal indicating to stop supplying the power to the first bank, and transmit the second target to a way selector; and the way selector configured to transmit the first address to the second bank based on the first address, the power control signal, and the second target.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- Electronic device, memory device, and operating method of memory device
- Patent number
- US12730753B2
- Application number
- 18802266
- Filed
- Aug 13, 2024
- Granted
- Sep 8, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06F 12/0806 Physics & computingG06F 12/0891 Physics & computingMore from Samsung in Chips & hardware
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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