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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2015
Intel Corporation;
John B. Halbert, Beaverton, OR (US);
Kuljit S. Bains, Olympia, WA (US);
Debaleena Das, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Bill Nale, Livermore, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques and mechanisms to provide selective access to data error information by a memory controller. In an embodiment, a memory device stores a first value representing a baseline number of data errors determined prior to operation of the memory device with the memory controller. Error detection logic of the memory device determines a current count of data errors, and calculates a second value representing a difference between the count of data errors and the baseline number of data errors. The memory device provides the second value to the memory controller, which is unable to identify that the second value is a relative error count. In another embodiment, the memory controller is restricted from retrieving the baseline number of data errors.