a method for controlling the operation of a dynamic random access memory system , the dram system having a plurality of memory cells organized into rows and columns , is disclosed . in an exemplary embodiment of the invention , the method includes enabling a destructive read mode , the destructive read mode for destructively reading a bit of information stored within an addressed dram memory cell . the destructively read bit of information is temporarily stored into a temporary storage device . a delayed write back mode is enabled , the delayed write back mode for restoring the bit of information back to the addressed dram memory cell at a later time . the execution of the delayed write back mode is then scheduled , depending upon the availability of space within the temporary storage device .