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Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 16, 2015
Applicant:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Woojong Han, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Andy M. Rudoff, Boulder, CO (US);

Mark A. Schmisseur, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Richard P. Mangold, Forest Grove, OR (US);

Assignee:

INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/08 (2016.01); G06F 12/1009 (2016.01); G06F 12/0877 (2016.01); G06F 12/0893 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/1009 (2013.01); G06F 12/0877 (2013.01); G06F 12/0893 (2013.01); G06F 2212/152 (2013.01); G06F 2212/608 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided are an apparatus and method for using block windows configured in a memory module to provide block level access to memory chips in the memory module. A plurality of block windows are configured that map to addresses corresponding to the addressable locations in the memory chips. A read/write request is received indicating a requested read or write operation with respect to a target block window comprising one of the block windows. The requested read or write operation is performed with respect to the addresses that map to the target block window.


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