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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2012
Michele M. Franceschini, White Plains, NY (US);
Ashish Jagmohan, White Plains, NY (US);
Luis A. Lastras-montano, Cortlandt Manor, NY (US);
Mayank Sharma, White Plains, NY (US);
Michele M. Franceschini, White Plains, NY (US);
Ashish Jagmohan, White Plains, NY (US);
Luis A. Lastras-Montano, Cortlandt Manor, NY (US);
Mayank Sharma, White Plains, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Discarded memory devices unfit for an original purpose can be reclaimed for reuse for another purpose. The discarded memory devices are tested and evaluated to determine the level of performance degradation therein. A set of an alternate usage and an information encoding scheme to facilitate a reuse of the tested memory device is identified based on the evaluation of the discarded memory device. A memory chip controller may be configured to facilitate usage of reclaimed memory devices by enabling a plurality of encoding schemes therein. Further, a memory device can be configured to facilitate diagnosis of the functionality, and to facilitate usage as a discarded memory unit. Waste due to discarded memory devices can be thereby reduced.