MULTI-DIMENSIONAL ACCESS SOLID STATE MEMORY

摘要

The invention relates to a novel memory organization which not only permits word-oriented accesses but also bit-oriented accesses and accesses with mixed orientations. In one operation it is possible to either read or write all bits of one word, or one bit of all words, or a few bits of many words, or many bits of a few words. The memory is comprised of widely-available random-access solid state memory modules. In essence, the invention operates with a unique ordering scheme to achieve the multi-access characteristic. The technique of the invention enables the use of large memory modules with very small pin counts because address lines are encoded and logic is utilized in selecting bits in accordance with the techniques of the invention. The technique is inexpensive and highly flexible.