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US 2013/0047040 A1Published application
Channel marking for chip mark overflow and calibration errors
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsJudy S. Johnson, Luis A. Lastras-Montano, Patrick J. Meaney, Eldee Stephens
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Abstract
Marking memory chips as faulty when a fault is detected in data from the memory chip. Upon detecting that a plurality of memory chips are faulty, determining which of a plurality of memory channels contains the faulty memory chips. Marking one of a plurality of memory channels as failing in response to determining that the number of failing memory chips has exceeded a threshold.
Claims8
A computer implemented method comprising:
- detecting that a plurality of memory chips are faulty;
- determining which of a plurality of memory channels contains the faulty memory chips;
- and
- marking one of a plurality of memory channels as failing based on determining that a number of failing memory chips has exceeded a threshold.
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