Memory operation upon failure of one of two paired memory devices

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8964495
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14462620

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A method and apparatus for continued operation of a memory module, including a first and second memory device, when one of memory devices has failed. The method includes receiving a write operation request to write a data word, having first and second sections, by a first memory module. The memory module may have a first memory device and a second memory device, for respectively storing the first and second sections of the data word. A determination if one of the first and second memory devices is inoperable is made. If one of the first and second memory devices is inoperable, a write operation is performed by writing the first and second sections of the data word to the operable one of the first and second memory devices.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cordero, Edgar R Round Rock, US 63 485
Dell, Timothy J Colchester, US 79 2278
Paulraj, Girisankar Chennai, IN 24 119
Sethuraman, Saravanan Bangalore, IN 61 351

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