Securing the contents of a memory device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9146883
APP PUB NO 20140223117A1
SERIAL NO

13792720

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A memory device may be equipped with quick erase capability to secure the contents of the memory device. The quick erase capability may effectively permanently disable access to data stored in the memory device instantaneously upon a command being issued, making all previous data written to the memory device unreadable. The quick erase capability may allow use of the memory device for new write operations and for reading the newly written data immediately once the erase command is received and executed. The quick erase capability may begin a physical erase process of data not newly written without altering other aspects of the quick erase. Aspects may be accomplished with one or more bits per row in a memory device.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Franceschini, Michele M White Plains, US 97 1768
Hunter, Hillery C Chappaqua, US 81 908
Jagmohan, Ashish Irvington, US 119 1209
Kilmer, Charles A Essex Junction, US 52 764
Kim, Kyu-hyoun Mount Kisco, US 203 2478
Lastras-Montano, Luis A Cortlandt Manor, US 163 3420
Maule, Warren E Cedar Park, US 156 3129

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