Micron Technology Incorporated

Stefano Corno

Giovanni Campardo

Gian Pietro Vanalli

Danilo Caraccio

Federico Tiziani

Andrea Ghilardelli

Manuela Scognamiglio

Massimiliano Magni

Angelo Visconti

Silvia Beltrami

Alexey Petrushin

A memory controller can provide current to a heater in a flash memory to reduce cycling induced errors. If necessary, after heating, the memory may be refreshed. In non-battery powered systems, data may be removed from the memory prior to heating and restored to the memory after heating.

Thermal treatment of flash memories

A system and method are disclosed in which a first non-volatile memory includes blocks that store data, and a second memory that stores error correction information related to the blocks storing the data. The first memory and the second memory are of different types.

Secondary memory to store error correction information

A method and system are disclosed in which a first non-volatile memory includes blocks that store data, and a second memory that stores overhead information related to the blocks storing the data. The amount of the second memory storing the overhead information related to the at least one block of the plurality of blocks is varied.

Secondary memory to store a varying amount of overhead information

Embodiments for providing improved reliability or extended life for a non-volatile memory component may comprise a secondary non-volatile memory component to store error correction information, for example.

Secondary memory element for non-volatile memory

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Caponago, Italy

Stefano Corno