Operating a memory management controller

A memory management controller operatively coupled to a plurality of memory modules, the memory management controller including processing logic configured to: identify a plurality of memory tiers in the plurality of memory modules, each memory tier characterized by different operational characteris...

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Main Authors ONO MAKOTO, KOLVICK RANDOLPH S
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 29.03.2016
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:A memory management controller operatively coupled to a plurality of memory modules, the memory management controller including processing logic configured to: identify a plurality of memory tiers in the plurality of memory modules, each memory tier characterized by different operational characteristics; allocate a spare block of memory in each memory tier; identify a data characteristic for each of the one or more blocks of data in a plurality of memory tiers; migrate, in dependence upon the operational characteristics of each memory tier and the data characteristic for each of the one or more data blocks in the plurality of memory tiers, data in a first memory tier to the spare block of memory in a second memory tier; and migrate data in the second memory tier to the spare block of memory in the first memory tier.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201314064673