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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014

Filed:

Apr. 06, 2009
Applicants:

Andrew Wayne Vogan, Aloha, OR (US);

Jeffrey Mcvay, Beaverton, OR (US);

Inventors:

Andrew Wayne Vogan, Aloha, OR (US);

Jeffrey McVay, Beaverton, OR (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G11C 29/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/04 (2013.01); G11C 2029/0409 (2013.01);
Abstract

In some embodiments, a mass storage system may include a mass storage device having a plurality of memory channels, and a controller coupled to the mass storage device, wherein the controller is configured to control access to the mass storage device. For example, the controller may include code to determine a first vertical redirect budget for a first memory channel of the plurality of memory channels, revector defects in the first memory channel vertically within the first memory channel until the first vertical redirect budget is exceeded, and revector defects in the first memory channel horizontally outside of the first memory channel within another memory channel of the plurality of memory channels after the first vertical redirect budget is exceeded. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.


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