Abstract: A method for controlling a memory operation includes determining a number of commands for each memory address based on information of requests stored in an interface buffer and a scheduler buffer, determining a control state of the memory operation according to a command type with a largest number of commands, and determining types of a request transmitted to the scheduler buffer from the interface buffer and a request output from the scheduler buffer according to a control state of the memory operation. Other embodiments including an apparatus for controlling a memory are also disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and apparatus for controlling a cache memory in an electronic device. The apparatus includes a cache memory having cache lines, each of which includes tag information and at least two sub-lines. Each of the at least two sub-lines including a valid bit and a dirty bit. A control unit may analyze a valid bit of a sub-line corresponding to an address tag of data when a request for writing the data is sensed, determine based on activation or deactivation of the valid bit whether a cache hit or a cache miss occurs, and perform a control operation for allocating a sub-line according to a size of the requested data and write the data when the cache hit occurs.

Abstract: A method for controlling a memory operation includes determining a number of commands for each memory address based on information of requests stored in an interface buffer and a scheduler buffer, determining a control state of the memory operation according to a command type with a largest number of commands, and determining types of a request transmitted to the scheduler buffer from the interface buffer and a request output from the scheduler buffer according to a control state of the memory operation. Other embodiments including an apparatus for controlling a memory are also disclosed.