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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2012
Applicant:
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Inventors:
Jun Zhu, San Jose, CA (US);
Joseph Jun Cao, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Sheng Lu, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
Pantas Sutardja, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1048 (2013.01); G06F 11/1008 (2013.01); G06F 11/1044 (2013.01); G11C 16/3418 (2013.01);
Abstract
A memory controller provides error correcting code (ECC) capability for a memory. In some implementations, the controller is configured to identify an ECC protection level from a plurality of ECC protection levels for data that is to be stored in the memory device, generate ECC data for the data that is to be stored in the memory device using an ECC corresponding to the identified ECC protection level, store the generated ECC data in the cache, and store the data in the memory device.