Memory system having programmable flow control register

Details Memory system having programmable flow control register Memory system having programmable flow control register

1997-01-28

2000-05-23

Thai, Tuan V.

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: memory

Storage accessing and control

Specific memory composition

711100, 36518905, 36518533, G06F 1200, G11C 2900

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060675985

ABSTRACT:
A non-volatile memory system having mechanism for altering the sequence of operations carried out under the control of an internal state machine which controls the data processing operations performed on the memory system. A flow control register is used to bypass an operation that would be carried out during the normal functioning of the memory system, where the register contains data bits which can be set to alter the operation of the internal state machine. The memory system is first placed into a test mode which is not accessible under the normal operating conditions. After entering the test mode, data can be written to or read from the flow control register. The data in the flow control register is used to alter the process flow of the memory system, thereby allowing a system designer to monitor how changes in the process flow improve the operation of the system. The present invention can be used to optimize the overall performance of the memory system or to investigate how each step in the process flow impacts later steps.

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