Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and methods to prolong lifetime of memories
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Application No.: US16478544Application Date: 2018-01-09
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Publication No.: US11604727B2Publication Date: 2023-03-14
- Inventor: Ireneus Johannes de Jong , Andres Amaya Garcia , Stephan Diestelhorst
- Applicant: Arm Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Cambridge
- Assignee: Arm Limited
- Current Assignee: Arm Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Cambridge
- Agency: Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP
- Priority: GB1700982 20170120
- International Application: PCT/GB2018/050046 WO 20180109
- International Announcement: WO2018/134562 WO 20180726
- Main IPC: G06F12/02
- IPC: G06F12/02 ; G06F12/0868 ; G06F12/0873 ; G06F11/07 ; G11C11/409

Abstract:
Broadly speaking, embodiments of the present technique provide apparatus and methods for improved wear-levelling in (volatile and non-volatile) memories. In particular, the present wear-levelling techniques comprise moving static memory states within a memory, in order to substantially balance writes across all locations within the memory.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200050541A1 APPARATUS AND METHODS TO PROLONG LIFETIME OF MEMORIES Public/Granted day:2020-02-13
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