FAULT TOLERANT MEMORY ERROR CORRECTION: EACH MEMORY UNIT HAS LOCK-UP FEATURE

    公开(公告)号:NZ232458A

    公开(公告)日:1992-03-26

    申请号:NZ23245890

    申请日:1990-02-09

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: In a memory system comprising a plurality of memory units (10) each of which possesses unit-level error correction capabilities (20) and each of which are tied to a system level error correction function (30), memory reliability is enhanced by providing means for fixing the output of one of the memory units at a fixed value in response to the occurrence of an uncorrectable error in one of the memory units. This counter-intuitive approach to the generation of forced hard errors nonetheless enhances overall memory system reliability since it enables the employment of the complement/recomplement algorithm which depends upon the presence of reproducible errors for proper operation. Thus, chip level error correction systems, which are increasingly desirable at high packaging densities, are employed in a way which does not interfere with system level error correction methods.

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    公开(公告)号:DE69021413T2

    公开(公告)日:1996-03-21

    申请号:DE69021413

    申请日:1990-02-02

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: In a memory system comprising a plurality of memory units (10) each of which possesses unit-level error correction capabilities (20) and each of which are tied to a system level error correction function (30), memory reliability is enhanced by providing means (Fig. 2) for disabling the unit-level error correction capability, for example, in response to the occurrence of an uncorrectable error in one of the memory units. This counter-intuitive approach which disables an error correction function nonetheless enhances overall memory system reliability since it enables the employment of the complement/recomplement algorithm which depends upon the presence of reproducible errors for proper operation. Thus, chip level error correction systems, which are increasingly desirable at high packaging densities, are employed in a way which does not interfere with system level error correction methods.

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    公开(公告)号:DE69021413D1

    公开(公告)日:1995-09-14

    申请号:DE69021413

    申请日:1990-02-02

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: In a memory system comprising a plurality of memory units (10) each of which possesses unit-level error correction capabilities (20) and each of which are tied to a system level error correction function (30), memory reliability is enhanced by providing means (Fig. 2) for disabling the unit-level error correction capability, for example, in response to the occurrence of an uncorrectable error in one of the memory units. This counter-intuitive approach which disables an error correction function nonetheless enhances overall memory system reliability since it enables the employment of the complement/recomplement algorithm which depends upon the presence of reproducible errors for proper operation. Thus, chip level error correction systems, which are increasingly desirable at high packaging densities, are employed in a way which does not interfere with system level error correction methods.

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    公开(公告)号:DE69026743D1

    公开(公告)日:1996-06-05

    申请号:DE69026743

    申请日:1990-02-02

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: In a memory system comprising a plurality of memory units (10) each of which possesses unit-level error correction capabilities (20) and each of which are tied to a system level error correction function (30), memory reliability is enhanced by providing means for fixing the output of one of the memory units at a fixed value in response to the occurrence of an uncorrectable error in one of the memory units. This counter-intuitive approach to the generation of forced hard errors nonetheless enhances overall memory system reliability since it enables the employment of the complement/recomplement algorithm which depends upon the presence of reproducible errors for proper operation. Thus, chip level error correction systems, which are increasingly desirable at high packaging densities, are employed in a way which does not interfere with system level error correction methods.

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    公开(公告)号:BR9001126A

    公开(公告)日:1991-03-05

    申请号:BR9001126

    申请日:1990-03-09

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: In a memory system comprising a plurality of memory units (10) each of which possesses unit-level error correction capabilities (20) and each of which are tied to a system level error correction function (30), memory reliability is enhanced by providing means (Fig. 2) for disabling the unit-level error correction capability, for example, in response to the occurrence of an uncorrectable error in one of the memory units. This counter-intuitive approach which disables an error correction function nonetheless enhances overall memory system reliability since it enables the employment of the complement/recomplement algorithm which depends upon the presence of reproducible errors for proper operation. Thus, chip level error correction systems, which are increasingly desirable at high packaging densities, are employed in a way which does not interfere with system level error correction methods.

    Fault tolerant memory systems
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    公开(公告)号:SG44390A1

    公开(公告)日:1997-12-19

    申请号:SG1996000087

    申请日:1990-02-02

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: In a memory system comprising a plurality of memory units (10) each of which possesses unit-level error correction capabilities (20) and each of which are tied to a system level error correction function (30), memory reliability is enhanced by providing means for fixing the output of one of the memory units at a fixed value in response to the occurrence of an uncorrectable error in one of the memory units. This counter-intuitive approach to the generation of forced hard errors nonetheless enhances overall memory system reliability since it enables the employment of the complement/recomplement algorithm which depends upon the presence of reproducible errors for proper operation. Thus, chip level error correction systems, which are increasingly desirable at high packaging densities, are employed in a way which does not interfere with system level error correction methods.

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    发明专利
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    公开(公告)号:DE69026743T2

    公开(公告)日:1996-11-07

    申请号:DE69026743

    申请日:1990-02-02

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: In a memory system comprising a plurality of memory units (10) each of which possesses unit-level error correction capabilities (20) and each of which are tied to a system level error correction function (30), memory reliability is enhanced by providing means for fixing the output of one of the memory units at a fixed value in response to the occurrence of an uncorrectable error in one of the memory units. This counter-intuitive approach to the generation of forced hard errors nonetheless enhances overall memory system reliability since it enables the employment of the complement/recomplement algorithm which depends upon the presence of reproducible errors for proper operation. Thus, chip level error correction systems, which are increasingly desirable at high packaging densities, are employed in a way which does not interfere with system level error correction methods.

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