Title:
APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR SUBROW ADDRESSING
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2019/125796
Kind Code:
A8
Abstract:
Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to subrow addressing for electronic memory and/or storage are described. Independent subrow addressing may enable energy consumed by performance of an operation on a particular subset of data values stored by a row to more closely correspond to the size of the particular subset of data values relative to energy consumed by addressing and activating the complete row. For instance, one such apparatus includes a plurality of subrows within a row of memory cells and a controller configured to selectably address and manage an activation state of each subrow of the plurality of subrows. The apparatus further includes subrow driver circuitry coupled to the controller. The subrow driver circuitry is configured to maintain one or more subrows of the plurality in the activation state based at least in part on signaling from the controller.
Inventors:
HUSH GLEN E (US)
MURPHY RICHARD C (US)
MURPHY RICHARD C (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2018/064658
Publication Date:
August 27, 2020
Filing Date:
December 10, 2018
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC (US)
International Classes:
G11C8/06; G11C7/10
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
WADDICK, Kevin G. (US)
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