Invention Grant
US08689041B2 Method for protecting data in damaged memory cells by dynamically switching memory mode
有权
通过动态切换存储器模式来保护损坏的存储单元中的数据的方法
- Patent Title: Method for protecting data in damaged memory cells by dynamically switching memory mode
- Patent Title (中): 通过动态切换存储器模式来保护损坏的存储单元中的数据的方法
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Application No.: US13078018Application Date: 2011-04-01
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Publication No.: US08689041B2Publication Date: 2014-04-01
- Inventor: Ying-Chih Lu
- Applicant: Ying-Chih Lu
- Applicant Address: TW Taipei
- Assignee: Inventec Corporation
- Current Assignee: Inventec Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: TW Taipei
- Agency: CKC & Partners Co., Ltd.
- Priority: TW99141044A 20101126
- Main IPC: G06F11/00
- IPC: G06F11/00

Abstract:
A method for protecting data in damaged memory cells by dynamically switching memory mode is provided. The method is adapted to an electronic device having a memory, which has a memory controller and at least one memory module, each of which is consisted of a plurality of memory cells, and the memory cells are divided into a plurality of pages. A power-on self test is executed and a mirror memory mode is activated to protect the data in the memory modules. An uncorrectable error of each page of the memory modules is detected by the memory controller when an operating system reads the memory. If the uncorrectable error in one page is detected, the memory module having the page is determined as a damaged memory module, and the mirror memory mode is switched to a spare memory mode, so as to protect the data in the memory modules.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120137168A1 METHOD FOR PROTECTING DATA IN DAMAGED MEMORY CELLS BY DYNAMICALLY SWITCHING MEMORY MODE Public/Granted day:2012-05-31
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