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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2019
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Nikolaos Papandreou, Thalwil, CH;
Roman Alexander Pletka, Uster, CH;
Radu Ioan Stoica, Zurich, CH;
Nikolas Ioannou, Zurich, CH;
Sasa Tomic, Kilchberg, CH;
Charalampos Pozidis, Thalwil, CH;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for controlling operation of an array of non-volatile memory cells comprising cells which are selectively configurable for single-bit and multibit storage. The method includes a memory controller selectively configuring the array for operation in a hybrid mode, in which the array comprises both cells configured for single-bit storage and cells configured for multibit storage, and a multibit mode in which all cells in the array are configured for multibit storage. The method further includes the memory controller dynamically switching between the hybrid and multibit mode configurations of the array corresponding to array capacity-usage traversing a defined threshold level associated with enhance endurance of the array.