Patent ID: 7660183

Claim:
A method of operation within a memory device, the method comprising: receiving address information and corresponding enable information in association with a memory access request, wherein the address information includes a row address that specifies a row of storage cells within a storage array of the memory device, and a column address that corresponds to a column of storage cells within the specified row of storage cells, and wherein the enable information includes a first enable value that corresponds to a first storage location formed by a first subset of the column of storage cells, and a second enable value that corresponds to a second storage location formed by a second subset of the column of storage cells; and selectively transferring data from the first and second storage locations to a bank of sense amplifiers according to states of the first and second enable values, including transferring data from the first storage location to the bank of sense amplifiers if the first enable value is in an enable state and transferring data from the second storage location to the bank of sense amplifiers if the second enable value is in the enable state.