Title:
METHODS FOR ASYNCHRONOUSLY SIGNALING UPDATED INFORMATION FROM A MEMORY DEVICE TO A HOST AND MEMORY DEVICES AND SYSTEMS EMPLOYING THE SAME
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2019/236117
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Memory devices, memory systems, and methods of operating memory devices and systems are disclosed in which a memory device can asynchronously indicate to a connected host that information in a mode register has been changed, obviating the need for repeated polling of the information and thereby reducing both command/address bus and data bus bandwidth consumption. In one embodiment, a memory device comprises a memory; a mode register storing information corresponding to the memory; and circuitry configured to, in response to the information in the mode register being modified by the memory device, generate a notification to a connected host device.
Inventors:
ROSS FRANK (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2018/046890
Publication Date:
June 25, 2020
Filing Date:
August 17, 2018
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC (US)
International Classes:
G11C7/10; G11C7/04; G11C11/406
Foreign References:
| US9911485B2 | 2018-03-06 | |||
| US20140258786A1 | 2014-09-11 | |||
| US20170132075A1 | 2017-05-11 | |||
| US20060221718A1 | 2006-10-05 | |||
| US20130311717A1 | 2013-11-21 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
PARKER, Paul, T. et al. (US)
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