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Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014

Filed:

Dec. 11, 2012
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Michele M. Franceschini, White Plains, NY (US);

Hillery C. Hunter, Deerfield, IL (US);

Ashish Jagmohan, Irvington, NY (US);

Charles A. Kilmer, Essex Junction, VT (US);

Kyu-hyoun Kim, Mount Kisco, NY (US);

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

Moinuddin K. Qureshi, Atlanta, GA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G11C 29/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/42 (2013.01); G06F 11/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

This disclosure includes a method for correcting errors on a DRAM having an ECC which includes writing data to a DRAM row, reading data from the DRAM row, detecting errors in the data that cannot be corrected by the DRAM's ECC, determining erasure information for the row, evaluating the errors using the erasure information, and correcting the errors in the data.


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