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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:
Apr. 28, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 22, 2016
Applicant:

Arm Limited, Cambridge, GB;

Inventors:

Kshitij Sudan, Austin, TX (US);

Stephan Diestelhorst, Cambridge, GB;

Michael Andrew Campbell, Waterbeach, GB;

Assignee:

ARM Limited, Cambridge, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0616 (2013.01); G06F 3/064 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01);
Abstract

The apparatus operable to communicate with a memory comprises a persistent write tracker component operable to track frequency of persistent writes to at least one memory location during a time window; a threshold-exceeded detector component responsive to the tracker component and operable to detect excessive persistent writes to the at least one memory location during the time window; and a selective throttle component operable in response to a threshold-exceeded outcome from the detector component to cause selective throttling of persistent writes to the at least one memory location.


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