Patents by Inventor Gilles HAMOU

Gilles HAMOU has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11049544
    Abstract: A memory device comprises one or more bank(s), each bank comprising a plurality of DRAM memory rows, the memory device further comprising: an external access port configured to allow an external memory controller to activate and then access the memory rows of each bank; one or more internal processor(s) capable of activating and then accessing the memory rows of each bank; a logic for detecting triggering of the Row Hammer configured to monitor, for each bank, the activation commands from the external memory controller and from one or more internal processor(s), the logic for detecting triggering including memory storage and a logic for sending preventive refresh configured to implement a refresh operation for one or more of the adjacent rows of each identified row by emitting refresh requests instead of the periodic refresh requests generated by the external memory controller, delaying one or more of said periodic refresh requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: UPMEM
    Inventors: Fabrice Devaux, Gilles Hamou
  • Publication number: 20210012832
    Abstract: A memory device comprises one or more bank(s), each bank comprising a plurality of DRAM memory rows, the memory device further comprising: an external access port configured to allow an external memory controller to activate and then access the memory rows of each bank; one or more internal processor(s) capable of activating and then accessing the memory rows of each bank; a logic for detecting triggering of the Row Hammer configured to monitor, for each bank, the activation commands from the external memory controller and from one or more internal processor(s), the logic for detecting triggering including memory storage and a logic for sending preventive refresh configured to implement a refresh operation for one or more of the adjacent rows of each identified row by emitting refresh requests instead of the periodic refresh requests generated by the external memory controller, delaying one or more of said periodic refresh requests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Fabrice DEVAUX, Gilles HAMOU