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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2017
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Wei Fang, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Prashant S. Damle, Portland, OR (US);
Nevil N. Gajera, Meridian, ID (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/34 (2006.01); G11C 13/00 (2006.01); G11C 29/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 13/004 (2013.01); G11C 13/0004 (2013.01); G11C 13/0035 (2013.01); G11C 29/028 (2013.01); G11C 13/0026 (2013.01); G11C 13/0028 (2013.01); G11C 2013/005 (2013.01); G11C 2213/71 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a first memory array comprising a plurality of phase change memory (PCM) cells; and a controller to track a first cycle count metric based at least in part on a number of writes performed to at least a portion of the first memory array; and adjust, based on the first cycle count metric, a demarcation voltage to be applied during read operations performed on PCM cells of the first memory array.