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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2013
Applicant:
St-ericsson Sa, En Liquidation, Plan-les-Ouates, CH;
Inventors:
Maxime Coquelin, Joue l'Abbe, FR;
Loic Pallardy, Rouillon, FR;
Assignee:
Optis Circuit Technology, LLC, Plano, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/28 (2006.01); G11C 11/406 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/40622 (2013.01); G06F 1/3275 (2013.01); G06F 13/1668 (2013.01); G11C 11/40615 (2013.01); G06F 1/3203 (2013.01); G11C 11/406 (2013.01); G11C 11/40611 (2013.01); G11C 11/40618 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1225 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1228 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods of configuring dynamic memory associated with a processing system, are described. The dynamic memory is configured in a plurality of blocks, the method comprises: a) receiving information relating to a utilization status of the memory; b) processing the received information to determine at least one first block of the memory that is currently not in use for information storage; and c) configuring the at least one first block to be excluded from an information refresh process.