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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Edgar R. Cordero, Round Rock, TX (US);
Carlos A. Fernandez, Hialeah, FL (US);
Joab D. Henderson, Pflugerville, TX (US);
William P. Hovis, Rochester, MN (US);
Jeffrey A. Sabrowski, Leander, TX (US);
Anuwat Saetow, Austin, TX (US);
Saravanan Sethuraman, Bangalore, IN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A refresh command is received from a memory controller. An interruptible refresh containing multiple segment refreshes is initiated. The segment refreshes are separated by interrupt boundaries. A command is received before execution of a segment refresh. The first command is executed and execution of the first segment refresh is delayed at a first interrupt boundary. Alternatively, a first number of segment refreshes to execute is received from a memory controller. The received first number of segment refreshes is executed. A second number of segment refreshes to execute is received from a memory controller. The received second number of segment refreshes is executed. No segment refreshes are executed between the execution of the first number of segment refreshes and the execution of the second number of segment refreshes.