Patent ID: 11967360
Assignee: ARM LIMITED
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  Y | IPC G

Claim 6:
7. A method comprising:
receiving an address to access data stored in memory;
enabling a data access pipeline to perform memory access operations so as to access the data stored in the memory based on the address; and
dynamically adjusting the data access pipeline during the memory access operations so as to output the data based on the address, wherein:
in a first stage, from a powered-down state, the method receives an enable signal that initiates power-up of the memory,
in the first stage, the method receives the address from an address port,
in a second stage after the first stage, the method powers-up at least one wordline to perform the memory access operation,
in a third stage after the second stage, the method captures data stored in the memory and sends-out the data to the output by way of the data access pipeline, and
at an end of the third stage, the method determines whether another memory access operation is impending based on a chip-enable bit.