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Channel marking for chip mark overflow and calibration errors

US8793544B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 29, 2010
Grant dateJul 29, 2014
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Expiry dateOct 19, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2211/1064
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Marking memory chips as faulty when a fault is detected in data from the memory chip. Upon detecting that a plurality of memory chips are faulty, determining which of a plurality of memory channels contains the faulty memory chips. Marking one of a plurality of memory channels as failing in response to determining that the number of failing memory chips has exceeded a threshold.

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