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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. 06, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 13, 2020
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Patrick James Meaney, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

Glenn David Gilda, Binghamton, NY (US);

David D. Cadigan, Danbury, CT (US);

Christian Jacobi, West Park, NY (US);

Lawrence Jones, Endwell, NY (US);

Stephen J. Powell, Austin, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G06F 11/07 (2006.01); G11C 29/42 (2006.01); G06F 9/30 (2018.01); G11C 11/406 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1076 (2013.01); G06F 9/30047 (2013.01); G06F 11/0772 (2013.01); G06F 11/1044 (2013.01); G06F 11/3037 (2013.01); G11C 11/40615 (2013.01); G11C 29/42 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer-implemented method includes refreshing a set of memory channels in a memory system substantially simultaneously, each memory channel refreshing a rank that is distinct from each of the other ranks being refreshed. Further, the method includes marking a memory channel from the set of memory channels as being unavailable for the rank being refreshed in the memory channel. In one or more examples, the method further includes blocking a fetch command to the memory channel for the rank being refreshed in the memory channel.


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