Systems and methods for operating an integrated circuit. The method includes: storing data in one or more of a plurality of locations in a memory module, wherein each location in the memory module has a corresponding memory address; storing a memory address of each location in the memory module detected to be defective in a memory repair module; detecting one or more locations in the memory module that are defective, locating one or more redundant memory elements in the memory module, and storing information in the memory repair database, the information associating the memory address of each location in the memory detected to be defective with the redundant memory elements; and physically remapping the memory addresses to a corresponding redundant memory element.