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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. 27, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 27, 2019
Applicant:

Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Yongjune Kim, San Jose, CA (US);

Won Ho Choi, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Cyril Guyot, San Jose, CA (US);

Yuval Cassuto, Haifa, IL;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/406 (2006.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G11C 11/409 (2006.01); G11C 11/402 (2006.01); G06F 12/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/40611 (2013.01); G06F 12/06 (2013.01); G11C 7/1045 (2013.01); G11C 11/402 (2013.01); G11C 11/409 (2013.01); G11C 11/40607 (2013.01); G11C 2211/4065 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for refreshing memory cells of a memory device includes storing each bit of a B-bit word in a different sub-array of a memory device. Each of the bits is associated with a bit position, and the memory device includes a plurality of sub-arrays. The system and method also include determining a refresh interval for a plurality of the bit positions based upon a relative importance of the plurality of the bit positions to a performance of a machine learning or signal processing task involving the B-bit word. The refresh interval is based upon a fidelity metric and a resource metric. The system and method further include refreshing the plurality of sub-arrays based upon the refresh interval determined for the plurality of bit positions, and dynamically updating the refresh interval for the plurality of bit positions upon receiving a new fidelity metric or a new resource metric.


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