Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Monitoring VRM-induced memory errors
- Patent Title (中): 监控VRM引发的内存错误
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Application No.: US12246748Application Date: 2008-10-07
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Publication No.: US07734955B2Publication Date: 2010-06-08
- Inventor: Charles R. Dart , Edmund Sutherland Gamble , Gary Anthony Jansma , Terence Rodrigues , Robert Joseph Ruckriegel , Bruce James Wilkie
- Applicant: Charles R. Dart , Edmund Sutherland Gamble , Gary Anthony Jansma , Terence Rodrigues , Robert Joseph Ruckriegel , Bruce James Wilkie
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Law Office of Jim Boice
- Agent Cynthia Seal
- Main IPC: G06F11/00
- IPC: G06F11/00

Abstract:
A method and system for improving Field Replacement Unit (FRU) isolation in memory sub-systems by monitoring Voltage Regulator Module (VRM) induced memory errors. A comparator compares the output voltage coming from the VRM to memory. If the comparator detects a VRM output voltage transient that is outside a rated threshold, then a counter is increased by one. If the counter exceeds a count threshold, a VRM error is posted. If a memory failure occurs within a predetermined period of time, then the VRM error pinpoints the VRM output voltage transient as being the likely cause of the memory failure.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090031168A1 Monitoring VRM-Induced Memory Errors Public/Granted day:2009-01-29
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