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Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014

Filed:

Dec. 29, 2010
Applicants:

Judy S. Johnson, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

Luis A. Lastras-montano, Cortlandt Manor, NY (US);

Patrick J. Meaney, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

Eldee Stephens, Waterbury, CT (US);

Inventors:

Judy S. Johnson, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

Luis A. Lastras-Montano, Cortlandt Manor, NY (US);

Patrick J. Meaney, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

Eldee Stephens, Waterbury, CT (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G11C 29/00 (2006.01); G11C 29/44 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/44 (2013.01); G06F 11/30 (2013.01); G06F 11/1044 (2013.01);
Abstract

Marking memory chips as faulty when a fault is detected in data from the memory chip. Upon detecting that a plurality of memory chips are faulty, determining which of a plurality of memory channels contains the faulty memory chips. Marking one of a plurality of memory channels as failing in response to determining that the number of failing memory chips has exceeded a threshold.


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