Flash memory apparatus with a heating system for temporarily retired memory portions
US8341335B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 17, 2008 |
| Grant date | Dec 25, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 19, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2212/1032
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Flash memory apparatus including a plurality of memory portions, and a controller operative to reserve for data retention purposes, for at least a first duration of time, only certain portions from among said plurality of memory portions including allocating data, during the first duration of time, only to the certain portions, thereby to define at least one of the plurality of memory portions other than the certain portions as a retired memory portion for the first duration of time.
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