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Method and apparatus for optimizing power consumption and memory bandwidth in a video controller using SGRAM and SDRAM power reduction modes
Method and apparatus for optimizing power consumption and memory bandwidth in a video controller using SGRAM and SDRAM power reduction modes
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机译:使用SGRAM和SDRAM功耗降低模式在视频控制器中优化功耗和存储带宽的方法和装置
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The display controller of the present invention reduces power consumption by suppressing clock signals to a display memory (comprising SGRAM or SDRAM) between screen refreshes and memory accesses. The present invention takes advantage of power-down modes provided for SGRAM and/or SDRAM memories which are used in the prior art to place a memory in an active suspend mode. Further energy savings are realized and memory bandwidth increased when using a display memory comprising two banks. When one bank of memory is being accessed, the other bank of memory is precharged and activated. Succeeding pages of memory are placed in alternate banks of display memory. Thus, then data is to be accessed from a next page of memory, the corresponding bank is already charged and ready to be accessed.
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