ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,158, issued on June 17, was assigned to Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Efficient memory power control operations" was invented by Jean J. Chittilappilly (Maynard, Mass.), Kevin M. Brandl (Austin, Texas) and Michael L. Choate (Georgetown, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data processor is adapted to couple to a memory. The data processor includes a memory operation array, a power engine, and an initialization circuit. The memory operation array includes a command portion and a data portion. The power engine has an input for receiving power state change request signals and an output for providing memory opera...