US Patent 7165165 Anticipatory power control of memory

Patent 7165165 was granted and assigned to Intel on January, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Intel

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

71651650

Patent Inventor Names

Vasu J. Bibikar0

Nancy G. Woodbridge0

Date of Patent

January 16, 2007

Patent Application Number

108024200

Date Filed

March 16, 2004

Patent Primary Examiner

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Duy Khuong T Nguyen

Patent abstract

In a system in which individual memory banks may be under individual power control, a subsequent need for a memory bank that is currently in a low power state may be anticipated, so that the memory bank may be powered up in advance of when it is needed, to reduce or eliminate delays caused by waiting for the memory bank to power up and become operational. The anticipation may be based on accessing a predetermined location in another memory bank.