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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2013
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Marc A. Gollub, Round Rock, TX (US);
Girisankar Paulraj, Tamilnadu, IN;
Diyanesh B. Vidyapoornachary, Bangalore, IN;
Kenneth L. Wright, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/00 (2006.01); G11C 7/00 (2006.01); G11C 29/10 (2006.01); G11C 29/26 (2006.01); G11C 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/10 (2013.01); G11C 5/04 (2013.01); G11C 29/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes reading, at a memory controller, data from a first dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) die layer of a DRAM stack. The method also includes writing the data to a second DRAM die layer of the DRAM stack. The method further includes sending a request to a test engine to test the first DRAM die layer after writing the data to the second DRAM die layer.