WO2008063647A3 - Delaying an operation that reduces a lifetime of memory - Google Patents

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WO2008063647A3
WO2008063647A3 PCT/US2007/024295 US2007024295W WO2008063647A3 WO 2008063647 A3 WO2008063647 A3 WO 2008063647A3 US 2007024295 W US2007024295 W US 2007024295W WO 2008063647 A3 WO2008063647 A3 WO 2008063647A3
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Radoslav Danilak
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Sandforce Inc
Radoslav Danilak
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Priority claimed from US11/852,129 external-priority patent/US7904764B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/852,138 external-priority patent/US20080126685A1/en
Priority claimed from US11/852,117 external-priority patent/US7747813B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/852,104 external-priority patent/US7904619B2/en
Application filed by Sandforce Inc, Radoslav Danilak filed Critical Sandforce Inc
Priority to CN200780043176.3A priority Critical patent/CN101578587B/en
Priority to JP2009538408A priority patent/JP5171840B2/en
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Publication of WO2008063647A3 publication Critical patent/WO2008063647A3/en
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    • G06F11/00—Error detection; Error correction; Monitoring
    • G06F11/008—Reliability or availability analysis

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A system, method, and computer program product are provided for delaying operations that reduce a lifetime of memory. In use, at least one aspect associated with a lifetime of memory is identified. To this end, at least one operation that reduces the lifetime of the memory is delayed, based on the aspect.
PCT/US2007/024295 2006-11-24 2007-11-21 Delaying an operation that reduces a lifetime of memory WO2008063647A2 (en)

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CN200780043176.3A CN101578587B (en) 2006-11-24 2007-11-21 Operation for delaying the reduction of lifetime of memory
JP2009538408A JP5171840B2 (en) 2006-11-24 2007-11-21 Method and storage system for delaying operation to shorten memory life

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US86084306P 2006-11-24 2006-11-24
US60/860,843 2006-11-24
US87824207P 2007-01-03 2007-01-03
US60/878,242 2007-01-03
US11/852,082 2007-09-07
US11/852,082 US7809900B2 (en) 2006-11-24 2007-09-07 System, method, and computer program product for delaying an operation that reduces a lifetime of memory
US11/852,117 2007-09-07
US11/852,104 2007-09-07
US11/852,129 US7904764B2 (en) 2006-11-24 2007-09-07 Memory lifetime gauging system, method and computer program product
US11/852,138 2007-09-07
US11/852,138 US20080126685A1 (en) 2006-11-24 2007-09-07 System, method, and computer program product for reducing memory write operations using an instruction set
US11/852,117 US7747813B2 (en) 2006-11-24 2007-09-07 Multi-memory device system and method for managing a lifetime thereof
US11/852,104 US7904619B2 (en) 2006-11-24 2007-09-07 System, method, and computer program product for reducing memory write operations using difference information
US11/852,129 2007-09-07

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WO2008063647A3 true WO2008063647A3 (en) 2008-10-16
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