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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2008
Dennis C. Abts, Eleva, WI (US);
Gerald a Schwoerer, Chippwa Falls, WI (US);
Van L. Snyder, Blaine, MN (US);
Dennis C. Abts, Eleva, WI (US);
Gerald A Schwoerer, Chippwa Falls, WI (US);
Van L. Snyder, Blaine, MN (US);
Cray Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments include an apparatus comprising a memory device including a plurality of addressable memory locations, and a memory manager coupled to the memory device, the memory manager including a scheduling unit and a histogram data structure including a plurality of counters, the scheduling unit operable to detect a single-bit error in data read from the memory device, and to increment a value in a particular one of the plurality of counters, the particular one of the plurality of counters corresponding to the particular bit in the accessed data which incurred the single-bit error in the read data.