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Memory controller and method of operating a memory controller

US9940186B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

NXP USA, Inc. · US

Inventors

Joachim Fader · Munich, DE
Ray Marshall · Harpenden, GB
Dirk Wendel · Unterhaching, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 22, 2015
Grant date	Apr 10, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 22, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F11/3452
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A memory controller includes a transaction interface arranged to be coupled to a transaction interconnect to receive a write transaction comprising write data, a mode controller arranged to obtain context information and to select a data protection scheme out of a plurality of data protection schemes based on the obtained context information, at least one data protection module to apply the selected data protection scheme by generating one or more protection code sequences from at least the write data in accordance with the selected data protection scheme, and a physical memory interface coupled to at least one memory device to store the write data and the one or more protection code sequences in the at least one memory device.

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