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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2014
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Karin Strauss, Seattle, WA (US);
Douglas C. Burger, Bellevue, WA (US);
Luis Henrique Ceze, Seattle, WA (US);
Adrian Sampson, Seattle, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The present technology relaxes the precision (or full data-correctness-guarantees) requirements in memory operations, such as writing or reading, of MLC memories so that an application may write and read a digital data value as an approximate value. Types of MLCs include Flash MLC and MLC Phase Change Memory (PCM) as well as other resistive technologies. Many software applications may not need the accuracy or precision typically used to store and read data values. For example, an application may render an image on a relatively low resolution display and may not need an accurate data value for each pixel. By relaxing the precision or correctness requirements is a memory operation, MLC memories may have increased performance, lifetime, density, and/or energy efficiency.
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