Patent ID: 11907575
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A memory controller comprising:
a first buffer configured to receive a memory request from a host and store therein the received memory request;
a command generator configured to generate a first command corresponding to the memory request, and set a type of the first command indicating whether an address comprised in the memory request corresponds to a processing in memory (PIM) memory or a general memory;
a second buffer configured to store therein a plurality of commands comprising the first command; and
a command scheduler configured to:
maintain an order of the first command among commands corresponding to the PIM memory stored in the second buffer, in response to the type of the first command indicating the PIM memory; and
change the order of the first command among the commands corresponding to the general memory, in response to the type indicating the general memory.