Appeal No. 1999-2050 Page 2
Application No. 08/576,544
memory locations coupled to (i.e., selected by) the select
line.
More specifically, a row select line is activated and a
first column select line is activated to write data b(1,1,1)
to a first memory location. A second column selection line is
activated while the one row select line remains activated, and
data b(1,1,1)@15 are read from a second memory location.
Next, both the row select line and the second column select
line remain activated and data b(1,2,1) are written into the
second memory location. The activation of a subsequent column
select line while the one row select line remains active and
the reading and then writing of data to the selected memory
locations continues for each cluster in the selected row.
The invention allows reading or writing in each clock
cycle using a dynamic random access memory (DRAM). In
addition, the continuous cycling through the DRAM allows
memory refreshing cycles to be eliminated. Accordingly, clock
frequency requirements are reduced resulting in reduced power
requirements.
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