Patent Number:
6,298,002
Title:
Memory structures having selectively disabled portions for power conservation
Abstract:
An architecture for registers and/or memory may provide a selectively disable payload portion. The architecture induced energy conservation. The architecture may include two or more payload portions for storage of payload data and a portion for storage of administrative data. Based on the contacts of the administrative data, certain payload portions may be enabled or disabled.
Inventors:
Brooks; David M. (Princeton, NJ), Tiwari; Vivek (Santa Clara, CA)
Assignee:
Intel Corporation
International Classification:
G11C 7/22 (20060101); G11C 7/00 (20060101); G11C 007/00 ()
Expiration Date:
10/02/2018