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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2011
Applicants:
Tyge Sopko, Dubuque, IA (US);
Zimin W. Vilar, Dubuque, IA (US);
Alan K. Gilman, West Fargo, ND (US);
Inventors:
Tyge Sopko, Dubuque, IA (US);
Zimin W. Vilar, Dubuque, IA (US);
Alan K. Gilman, West Fargo, ND (US);
Assignee:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/16 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01); B65D 49/00 (2006.01); B65D 65/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/16 (2013.01); G06F 13/16 (2013.01); G11C 16/3495 (2013.01);
Abstract
A memory management method including the steps of storing a value and writing data. The storing a value step stores a value representative of a number of erase/write cycles that a subset of memory space of a first memory has undergone. The first memory having an assigned predetermined maximum number of erase/write cycles. The writing data step writes data to the subset of memory space dependent upon whether the value is below the predetermined maximum number.