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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2013
Zeshan A. Chishti, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Ishwar Bhati, College Park, MD (US);
Zeshan A. Chishti, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Ishwar Bhati, College Park, MD (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Provided are a memory system, device, and method for determining to send a refresh command to a memory module according to a refresh rate and incrementing a postponed refresh count while the memory module is in an active mode in response to the determining to send the refresh command. The refresh command is not sent to the memory module when the postponed refresh count is incremented. A determination is made as to whether the postponed refresh count exceeds a count threshold. A refresh command is issued to the memory module to perform refresh in an active mode in response to determining that the postponed refresh count exceeds the count threshold.