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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 17, 2014
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Charles A. Kilmer, Essex Junction, VT (US);

Anil B. Lingambudi, Bangalore, IN;

Warren E. Maule, Cedar Park, TX (US);

Diyanesh B. C. Vidyapoornachary, Bangalore, IN;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01); G11C 11/408 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/103 (2013.01); G06F 13/1668 (2013.01); G11C 11/408 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for implementing row hammer avoidance in a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) in a computer system. Hammer detection logic identifies a hit count of repeated activations at a specific row in the DRAM. Monitor and control logic receiving an output of the hammer detection logic compares the identified hit count with a programmable threshold value. Responsive to a specific count as determined by the programmable threshold value, the monitor and control logic captures the address where a selected row hammer avoidance action is provided.


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