 Question: Is there any minimum number of clock cycles or accesses (# of CASs) before this
can occur if a XPT starts and a SRT or REFRESH becomes pending simultaneously? For
example, I would assume that the XPT would at least execute one RAS and CAS cycle before
being interrupted by a SRT or REFRESH. Will it execute at least two memory accesses,
three, or ? before it gets interrupted and a new row access begins?
Answer: Yes,
there is a minimum- it is PTMIN. In this respect, XPTs are no different from any other PT.
A minimum of PTMIN cycles must be spent servicing an XPT before it can get interrupted by
a higher priority cycle. |