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Patent No.:

US 7577015 B1

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Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2009

Filed:

Mar. 30, 2007
Applicants:

Jaume Abella, Barcelona, ES;

Xavier Vera, Barcelona, ES;

Javier Carretero Casado, Barcelona, ES;

Jose-alejandro Pineiro, Barcelona, ES;

Antonio Gonzalez, Barcelona, ES;

Inventors:

Jaume Abella, Barcelona, ES;

Xavier Vera, Barcelona, ES;

Javier Carretero Casado, Barcelona, ES;

Jose-Alejandro Pineiro, Barcelona, ES;

Antonio Gonzalez, Barcelona, ES;

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/00 (2006.01); G11C 8/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In general, in one aspect, the disclosure describes an apparatus that includes a memory device having a plurality of memory cells. An inverter is used to invert data and tag information destined for the memory device. A register is used to capture the inverted data and tag information. A write inverted value logic is used to determine when to enable writing the inverted data and tag information from the register to the memory device. When inverted data and tag information is written to a memory cell the memory cell is invalidated.


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