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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2003
Applicants:
Bryan D. Boatright, Austin, TX (US);
Ben J. Eapen, Portland, OR (US);
C. Glenn Shirley, Portland, OR (US);
Carl Scafidi, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Inventors:
Bryan D. Boatright, Austin, TX (US);
Ben J. Eapen, Portland, OR (US);
C. Glenn Shirley, Portland, OR (US);
Carl Scafidi, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In accordance with various embodiments of the present invention, a cache-equipped semi-conductor device is provided with enhanced error detection logic to detect a first location-independent error within an area of the cache memory and prevent further use of the area if the error is determined to be the second consecutive error associated with a common area.