CODING TECHNIQUES FOR REDUCING WRITE CYCLES FOR MEMORY

Structures and methods for encoding data to reduce write cycles in a semiconductor memory device are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of writing data to a semiconductor memory device can include: (i) determining a number of significant bits for data to be written in the semiconductor me...

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Main Authors WING MALCOLM, SUNKAVALLI RAVI
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 29.05.2014
Subjects
BASIC ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
CALCULATING
CODE CONVERSION IN GENERAL
CODING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
DECODING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
ELECTRICITY
INFORMATION STORAGE
PHYSICS
STATIC STORES
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Summary:Structures and methods for encoding data to reduce write cycles in a semiconductor memory device are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of writing data to a semiconductor memory device can include: (i) determining a number of significant bits for data to be written in the semiconductor memory device; (ii) determining a tag associated with the data to be written in the semiconductor memory device, where the tag is determined based on the determined number of significant bits; (iii) encoding the data when the tag has a first state, where the tag is configured to indicate data encoding that comprises using N bits of the encoded data to store M bits of the data, where M and N are both positive integers and N is greater than M; and (iv) writing the encoded data and the tag in the semiconductor memory device.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201213687147