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AssigneeAvago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsJeffrey R. Rearick, Louise A. Koss, Mary Nash, Dale R. Beucler
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The invention provides a method and an apparatus for enabling a user to determine whether a defective location in a memory device of an integrated circuit (IC) has been remapped to a location in a redundant memory portion of the memory device. Users are provided with the ability to observe the remapping, and preferably, to determine which locations in the memory device have been remapped. The memory device includes remapping observation logic that causes bits associated with remapping to be output from the memory device. Preferably, a computer receives the remapping bits and displays a description of any remapping on a display monitor. Therefore, not only is a user able to determine whether remapping has occurred, but also which locations in the memory device have been remapped.
A memory device comprising:
A computer system for processing memory remapping information and displaying a description of memory remapping on a display monitor, the computer system comprising:
A method for determining whether a memory device of an integrated circuit (IC) has been remapped, the method comprising:
A computer program for processing one or more bits associated with remapping of a memory device, the program being embodied on a computer-readable medium, the program comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.