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US 2024/0176547 A1Published application
Access tracking in memory
AssigneeMicron Technology, Inc.
InventorsCagdas Dirik, Robert M. Walker, Elliott C. Cooper-Balis
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Abstract
An access tracker configured to receive a request to access a page, determine whether a page identification (ID) associated with the page is in the access tracker, increment an access count of the page in response to determining the page ID is in the access tracker, sort a number of page IDs based on an access count of each page ID, and determine whether a different page is hot or cold in response to sorting the number of page IDs.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a first access tracker;
- a second access tracker;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- determine an access count of a page ID with a lowest access count in the first access tracker;
- and
- transmit the access count of the page ID with the lowest access count to the second access tracker in response to determining the page ID has the lowest access count.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a first access tracker;
- a second access tracker;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- receive an access count at the first access tracker;
- remove an access count of a page ID with a lowest access count in the first access tracker in response to the first access tracker being full;
- and
- transmit the access count of the page ID with the lowest access count to the second access tracker in response to the first access tracker being full.
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A system, comprising:
- a host;
- and
- a memory sub-system comprising a controller, wherein the controller is configured to receive commands from the host, and wherein the controller comprises:
- a first access tracker;
- a second access tracker;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- remove an access count of a page ID with a lowest access count in the first access tracker in response to the first access tracker being full;
- and
- transmit the access count of the page ID with the lowest access count to the second access tracker in response to the first access tracker being full.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.