Patent ID: 7584335
Filing Date: 2009-09-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method to store data in memory, the method comprising: identifying, by a memory controller, a first portion of the data associated with a write request; storing, by the memory controller, the first portion of the data in a first memory device; storing, by the memory controller, a second portion of the data in a second memory device, the first memory device having an initial access latency that is shorter than an initial access latency of the second memory device, wherein memory locations of the first portion and the second portion have consecutive memory addresses; receiving a read request for the data; accessing, by the memory controller, the first memory device to retrieve the first portion of the data; accessing, by the memory controller, the second memory device to retrieve a second portion of the data during the accessing of the first memory device; and transmitting the first and second portions of the data in response to the read request.