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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2012
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Holloway H. Frost, Houston, TX (US);
Charles J. Camp, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Ken Scianna, Houston, TX (US);
Lance W. Shelton, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G06F 11/108 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosed embodiments are directed to methods and apparatuses for providing efficient and enhanced protection of data stored in a FLASH memory system. The methods and apparatuses involve a system controller for a plurality of FLASH memory devices in the FLASH memory system that is capable of protecting data using two layers of data protection, including inter-card card stripes and intra-card page stripes.