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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2011
Hanmant P. Belgal, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Xin Guo, San Jose, CA (US);
Sai Krishna Mylavarapu, Folsom, CA (US);
Neal R. Mielke, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Hanmant P. Belgal, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Xin Guo, San Jose, CA (US);
Sai Krishna Mylavarapu, Folsom, CA (US);
Neal R. Mielke, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Described herein are an apparatus, system, and method for refreshing a non-volatile memory. The method comprises loading a time stamp, corresponding to data in a data location of a non-volatile memory, to a register; determining an elapsed time, corresponding to the data in the data location, according to the loaded time stamp; and refreshing data of the data location for which it is determined that the elapsed time exceeds a refresh time associated with the non-volatile memory.