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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Marc A. Gollub, Round Rock, TX (US);
Girisankar Paulraj, Tamilnadu, IN;
Diyanesh B. Vidyapoornachary, Bangalore, IN;
Kenneth L. Wright, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method includes directing an access of a memory location of a memory device to an error correction code (ECC) decoder in response to receiving a test activation request indicating the memory location. The method also includes writing a test pattern to the memory location and reading a value from the memory location. The method further includes determining whether a fault is detected at the memory location based on a comparison of the test pattern and the value.