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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017

Filed:

May. 25, 2015
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Zhan Ping, Milpitas, CA (US);

Matteo Monchiero, San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G06F 12/1009 (2016.01); G06F 11/16 (2006.01); G11C 11/408 (2006.01); G06F 11/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1048 (2013.01); G06F 11/1016 (2013.01); G06F 11/1666 (2013.01); G06F 12/1009 (2013.01); G06F 11/20 (2013.01); G06F 2201/82 (2013.01); G06F 2201/85 (2013.01); G06F 2212/65 (2013.01); G06F 2212/70 (2013.01); G11C 11/408 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of the inventive concept include a plurality of memory ranks, a buffer chip including a rank remap control section configured to remap a rank from among the plurality of memory ranks of the volatile memory module responsive to a failure of the rank, and a dynamic serial presence detect section configured to dynamically update a stated total capacity of the volatile memory module based at least on the remapped rank. In some embodiments, a memory module includes a plurality of memory ranks, an extra rank in addition to the plurality of memory ranks, the extra rank being a spare rank configured to store a new page corresponding to a failed page from among the plurality of ranks, and a buffer chip including a page remap control section configured to remap the failed page from among the plurality of ranks to the new page in the extra rank.


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