Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for tracking, reporting and correcting single-bit memory errors
- Patent Title (中): 跟踪,报告和纠正单位内存错误的方法和装置
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Application No.: US12274044Application Date: 2008-11-19
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Publication No.: US08065573B2Publication Date: 2011-11-22
- Inventor: Dennis C. Abts , Gerald A Schwoerer , Van L. Snyder
- Applicant: Dennis C. Abts , Gerald A Schwoerer , Van L. Snyder
- Applicant Address: US WA Seattle
- Assignee: Cray Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cray Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Seattle
- Agency: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: G11C29/00
- IPC: G11C29/00

Abstract:
Various embodiments include an apparatus comprising a memory device including a plurality of addressable memory locations, and a memory manager coupled to the memory device, the memory manager including a scheduling unit and a histogram data structure including a plurality of counters, the scheduling unit operable to detect a single-bit error in data read from the memory device, and to increment a value in a particular one of the plurality of counters, the particular one of the plurality of counters corresponding to the particular bit in the accessed data which incurred the single-bit error in the read data.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090177932A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING, REPORTING AND CORRECTING SINGLE-BIT MEMORY ERRORS Public/Granted day:2009-07-09
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