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US 12,658,234 B2Granted
Dynamic write selection for shelf-life retention in non-volatile memories
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsRakan Maddah, Mu Lim Edwin Cheng, Bei Wang, Prashant S. Damle
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Abstract
Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for technology that determines a power-off period associated with a non-volatile memory (NVM), sets a completion time of a write procedure corresponding to the NVM to a first value if the power-off period exceeds a threshold, and sets the completion time to a second value if the power-off period does not exceed the threshold, wherein the first value is greater than the second value.
Claims20
A memory controller comprising:
- one or more substrates;
- and
- logic coupled to the one or more substrates, wherein the logic is implemented at least partly in one or more of configurable or fixed-functionality hardware, the logic to:
- determine a power-off period associated with a non-volatile memory (NVM);
- set a completion time of a write procedure for the NVM to a first value if the power-off period exceeds a threshold;
- and
- set the completion time to a second value if the power-off period does not exceed the threshold, wherein the first value is greater than the second value;
- and
- wherein the second value for the completion time of the write procedure is to provide a normal time to charge unselected cells a standard value, and the first value for the completion time of the write procedure is to provide a longer time to charge unselected cells to a value higher than the standard value for a write after the power-off period exceeds the threshold.
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At least one computer readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions, which when executed by a memory controller, cause the memory controller to:
- determine a power-off period associated with a non-volatile memory (NVM);
- set a completion time of a write procedure for the NVM to a first value if the power-off period exceeds a threshold;
- and
- set the completion time to a second value if the power-off period does not exceed the threshold, wherein the first value is greater than the second value;
- and
- wherein the second value for the completion time of the write procedure is to provide a normal time to charge unselected cells a standard value, and the first value for the completion time of the write procedure is to provide a longer time to charge unselected cells to a value higher than the standard value for a write after the power-off period exceeds the threshold.
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A computing system comprising:
- a non-volatile memory (NVM);
- and
- a memory controller coupled to the NVM, wherein the memory controller includes logic implemented at least partly in one or more of configurable or fixed-functionality hardware, the logic to:
- determine a power-off period associated with the NVM,
- set a completion time of a write procedure for the NVM to a first value if the power-off period exceeds a threshold, and
- set the completion time to a second value if the power-off period does not exceed the threshold, wherein the first value is greater than the second value, and
- wherein the second value for the completion time of the write procedure is to provide a normal time to charge unselected cells a standard value, and the first value for the completion time of the write procedure is to provide a longer time to charge unselected cells to a value higher than the standard value for a write after the power-off period exceeds the threshold.
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A method comprising:
- determining a power-off period associated with a non-volatile memory (NVM);
- setting a completion time of a write procedure for the NVM to a first value if the power-off period exceeds a threshold;
- and
- setting the completion time to a second value if the power-off period does not exceed the threshold, wherein the first value is greater than the second value;
- and
- wherein the second value for the completion time of the write procedure is to provide a normal time to charge unselected cells a standard value, and the first value for the completion time of the write procedure is to provide a longer time to charge unselected cells to a value higher than the standard value for a write after the power-off period exceeds the threshold.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.