Patent ID: 7143257
Filing Date: 2006-11-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of synchronous reading for a plurality of words in a memory system, comprising: selecting said plurality of words to be read, said selected plurality of words having a first group of words and at least one subsequent group of words; reading said first group of words of said selected plurality of words into a plurality of data registers during a latency period; wherein said step of reading comprises determining from said selected plurality of words which said first group of words is to be read, said first group of words having a first tier and a subsequent tier; reading said first tier of said first group of words into said plurality of data registers at the beginning of said latency period; and shifting out each word of said first group of words of said selected plurality of words synchronously at the end of said latency period, one word of the first group of words shifted out at each clock cycle following the latency period until each word of the first group of words has been shifted out.