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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2007
Applicants:
Forrest E. Norrod, Austin, TX (US);
Jimmy D. Pike, Georgetown, TX (US);
Tom L. Newell, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Forrest E. Norrod, Austin, TX (US);
Jimmy D. Pike, Georgetown, TX (US);
Tom L. Newell, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for storing a memory defect map is disclosed whereby a memory component is tested for defects at the time of manufacture and any memory defects detected are stored in a memory defect map and used to optimize the system performance. The memory defect map is updated and the system's remapping resources optimized as new memory defects are detected during operation.