Patent ID: 6425062
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: G11C

Abstract:
A method of controlling a burst sequence in a synchronous memory, the method comprising:indicating a current page of data by a page pointer, the page pointer initially corresponding to N high order bits of an address of a first word of data, the current page of data containing a fixed number of words of data; indicating a first word of data in the current page of data by a word pointer, the word pointer initially corresponding to M low order bits of the address of the first word of data; latching the current page of data; and sensing a wrap-bit, such that if the wrap-bit is not set, the words of data are read in a sequential burst read order beginning at the first word, the wrap-bit controlling a wait signal of the synchronous memory, such that if valid data is not available fetches to the synchronous memory are suspended.