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US 2006/0067150 A1Published application
Method and apparatus to control a power consumption of a memory device
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsSandeep Jain, Animesh Mishra, Jun Shi
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method comprises upon entering a self-refresh mode, refreshing memory cells in a memory device at a first refresh frequency; and upon a predefined event refreshing the memory cells at a second refresh frequency, while in the self-refresh mode.
Claims30
A method, comprising:
- upon entering a self-refresh mode, refreshing memory cells in a memory device at a first refresh frequency;
- and
- upon a predefined event refreshing the memory cells at a second refresh frequency, while in the self-refresh mode.
Apparatus, comprising:
- a memory array comprising a plurality of memory cells;
- and
- logic to dynamically change a refresh frequency at which the memory cells are refreshed during a self-refresh mode.
A system, comprising:
- a memory module comprising at least one memory device, the memory device including a memory array comprising memory cells and logic to dynamically change a frequency at which the memory cells are refreshed during a self-refresh mode;
- a memory controller coupled to the memory module;
- and
- a network interface to allow the system to communicate with a network.
1 more element
A computer-readable medium, having stored thereon a sequence of instructions which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method comprising:
- upon entering a self-refresh mode, refreshing memory cells in a memory device at a first refresh frequency;
- and
- upon a predefined event refreshing the memory cells at a second refresh frequency, while in the self-refresh mode.
A method, comprising:
- monitoring for a predefined event, and
- upon the predefined event changing a refresh frequency at which memory cells in a memory device are refreshed said changing occurring while the memory device is in a self-refresh mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.