Abstract: A method of operating a storage device that includes a nonvolatile memory device and a controller that controls an operation of the nonvolatile memory device includes issuing, by the controller, a first command to the nonvolatile memory device, reading, by the nonvolatile memory device, first data from a memory cell array into a page buffer of the nonvolatile memory device, in response to the first command, issuing, by the controller, a second command to the nonvolatile memory device, and outputting, by the nonvolatile memory device to the controller, in response to the second command, status information indicating whether a read operation according to the first command has been completed and second data obtained from the page buffer of the nonvolatile memory device.

Abstract: An acquisition and analysis device to be integrated in a pre-existing aircraft that includes original systems comprising pilot controls and also an autopilot system includes acquisition means arranged to acquire parameters produced by the original systems, and analysis means arranged on the basis of the parameters, to evaluate whether the pre-existing aircraft is normal or abnormal, and to evaluate the current stage of flight of the pre-existing aircraft, on the basis of the state of the pre-existing aircraft and of the current stage of flight of the pre-existing aircraft, to define a piloting setpoint selected from piloting setpoints comprising at least a manual piloting setpoint produced by a pilot actuating pilot controls, an autopilot setpoint produced by the autopilot system, and an alternative piloting setpoint, and to cause the selected piloting setpoint to be transmitted to the original systems of the pre-existing aircraft.

Abstract: There is provided an electronic control device in which a microcomputer and a power source IC are mounted, the electronic control device having high reliability and being capable of performing fixation diagnosis of a safety control signal of the power source IC before activation of the microcomputer. The electronic control device includes a microcomputer, and a power source IC that communicates with the microcomputer. The power source IC includes a monitoring circuit that monitors the microcomputer, a safety processing circuit that outputs a safety control signal when the monitoring circuit determines an occurrence of an abnormality in the microcomputer, and a diagnosis circuit that diagnoses whether or not the safety control signal has a fixation failure. The diagnosis circuit detects whether or not the fixation failure has occurred, based on states of the safety control signal before and after the safety control signal is activated after activation of a power source.

Abstract: Systems and methods for reading a first and second plurality of memory cells include applying a first ramping voltage with a first increment for each ramping step to read the first plurality of cells, counting, among the first plurality of cells at each ramping step, a first number of logic 1 cells, comparing the first number with a threshold at each ramping step of the first ramping voltage, determining a first voltage reached by the first ramping voltage, at the first voltage the first number becoming equal to or higher than the threshold for the first time, applying a second voltage lower than the first voltage to read the second plurality of cells, and applying a second ramping voltage ramping up from the second voltage with a second predetermined increment lower than the first predetermined increment for each ramping step to read the second plurality of cells.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory device and an operation method capable of suppressing malfunctions and the like and performing safe operations are provided. A flash memory of the disclosure includes a controller which controls an operation based on a code read from a ROM. The operation method of the disclosure includes detecting whether the code read from the ROM has an error by a CRC processing unit; determining whether to transition to a safe mode when the code having the error is detected; and detecting and correcting the error of the code by an ECC processing unit after transitioning to the safe mode.

Abstract: In a described example, an integrated circuit (IC) includes a repairable memory system. A repair controller is coupled to the repairable memory system. The repair controller includes compression logic configured to encode memory repair code data for a respective instance of the repairable memory system and provide compressed repair data. A non-volatile memory controller is coupled to the repair controller and to non-volatile memory. The non-volatile memory controller is configured to transfer the compressed repair data to the non-volatile memory for storage.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for monitoring and adjusting access operations at a memory device are described to support integrating monitors or sensors for detecting memory device health issues, such as those resulting from device access or wear. The monitoring may include traffic monitoring of access operations performed at various components of the memory device, or may include sensors that may measure parameters of components of the memory device to detect wear. The traffic monitoring or the parameters measured by the sensors may be represented by a metric related to access operations for the memory device. The memory device may use the metric (e.g., along with a threshold) to determine whether to adjust a parameter associated with performing access operations received by the memory device, in order to implement a corrective action.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed including a memory device and a processing device operatively coupled to the memory device. The processing device can perform operations comprising performing a first read operation on the memory device to retrieve first data; determining, from the first data, second data indicative of a write temperature associated with the first data, wherein the write temperature is indicative of a temperature measured during a write operation; determining a read voltage value based on the second data; and performing a second read operation on the memory device using the read voltage value to obtain the first data.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for generating multiple row hammer address refresh sequences. An example apparatus may include an address scrambler and a refresh control circuit. The address scrambler may receive a first address, output a second address in response to a first control signal, and output a third address in response to a second control signal. The second address may physically adjacent to the first address and the third address may physically adjacent to the second address. The refresh control circuit may perform a refresh operation on the second address when the first control signal is active and perform the refresh operation on the third address when the second control signal is active.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for monitoring and adjusting access operations at a memory device are described to support integrating monitors or sensors for detecting memory device health issues, such as those resulting from device access or wear. The monitoring may include traffic monitoring of access operations performed at various components of the memory device, or may include sensors that may measure parameters of components of the memory device to detect wear. The traffic monitoring or the parameters measured by the sensors may be represented by a metric related to access operations for the memory device. The memory device may use the metric (e.g., along with a threshold) to determine whether to adjust a parameter associated with performing access operations received by the memory device, in order to implement a corrective action.

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods to perform continuous read operations are described. A system configured to perform such continuous read operations enables improved access to and processing of data for performance of associated functions. For instance, one apparatus described herein includes a memory device having an array that includes a plurality of pages of memory cells. The memory device includes a page buffer coupled to the array and a continuous read buffer. The continuous read buffer includes a first cache to receive a first segment of data values and a second cache to receive a second segment of the data values from the page buffer. The memory device is configured to perform a continuous read operation on the first and second segments of data from the first cache and the second cache of the continuous read buffer.

Abstract: A logic circuitry package for a replaceable print apparatus component comprises at least one logic circuit and an interface to communicate with a print apparatus logic circuit. The at least one logic circuit is configured to receive, via the interface, calibration parameters including an offset parameter and a sensor ID. The at least one logic circuit is configured to output, via the interface, a digital value corresponding to the sensor ID and offset based on the offset parameter.

Abstract: An exemplary method for accessing a flash memory. The method comprising obtaining a first random sequence; utilizing the first random sequence as a first seed for generating a second random sequence, wherein the first random sequence is not equivalent to the second random sequence; scrambling data according to the second random sequence for generating scrambled data; performing an error correction encoding operation upon the first random sequence and the scrambled data for generating parity check code; and storing the scrambled data and the parity check code to the flash memory.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for arbitrating sensor and actuator signals in various devices. One system includes input/output (I/O) circuitry, redundant computation circuits coupled to the I/O circuitry, and an arbitration circuit coupled between the I/O circuitry and the redundant computation circuits. The I/O circuitry is configured to be coupled to multiple non-redundant systems, and the redundant computation circuits are configured to be coupled to one of multiple system buses. One such device is an aircraft including multiple non-redundant systems and a plurality of system buses that are configured to transmit redundant messages to the non-redundant systems.

Abstract: An error correction device includes: an error correction code generator that generates, from information unit data of data with a parity bit which includes m bytes of information unit data in which each byte has n bits of data and a total of m parity bits where 1 bit is provided for every 1 byte of the information unit data, a bit other than a bit corresponding to the parity bit out of bits constituting an error correction code used for correcting an error in the information unit data; an error detector that detects an error in the information unit data by generating an exclusive-OR of the data with a parity bit; and an error corrector that corrects an error in the information unit data by using a parity bit included in the data with a parity bit and the bit generated by the error correction code generator.

Abstract: Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for processing main cause errors and sympathetic errors in devices in a system. Error data for the devices in the system are analyzed to determine a main cause error for one of the devices that cause at least one sympathetic error in the system. A main cause event object for the determined main cause error and at least one sympathetic event object for the determined at least one sympathetic error resulting from the main cause error are generated. A determination is made from the at least one sympathetic event object of at least one sympathetic event action to perform. The determined at least one sympathetic event action is performed to recover from the at least one sympathetic error represented by the at least one sympathetic event object providing the at least one sympathetic event action.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure pertain to a system and method for providing dynamic y-buffer size adjustment for retained sector reprocessing (RSR). The system and method implement dynamic y-buffer size adjustment for RSR for promoting improved Sector Failure Rate (SFR) performance of the system. The system is a read channel system.

Abstract: A system for and method improving order and transaction flow-though and processing. The method may include receiving an order request from a user corresponding to the order. The method may further include determining a set of order particulars associated with the user and the order for resolution against an external system for order fulfillment, and determining if any order particular is incorrect or missing. The method may also include identifying the missing or correct order particular, and updating the set of order particulars to include the missing or correct order particular without requesting missing or correct order particular from the user. The method may include transmitting the updated order particulars to the external system for order fulfillment.

Abstract: A semiconductor circuit comprising a digital circuit portion, which comprises a combinatorial logic block. The semiconductor circuit further comprises a scan chain for loading and applying a predefined digital test pattern to inputs of the combinatorial logic block. A bi-directional communication port is adapted for writing incoming data to an address space of the digital circuit portion. Scan control hardware comprises a plurality of individually addressable scan control registers which are mapped to the address space of the bi-directional communication port. A method of testing the digital circuit portion involves, using the scan chain, writing bit values to inputs of the individually addressable scan control registers, and reading bit values from at least one output of an individually addressable scan control register. The method and semiconductor circuit allow thorough testing and diagnosing of failing semiconductor devices, including core logic thereof, while mounted on a printed circuit board.

Abstract: A method includes monitoring a plurality of HyperSwap sessions between one or more storage systems located at a first location and one or more storage systems located at a second location, wherein at least one of the one or more storage systems located at the first location and at the second location are designated as a primary storage system. The method includes detecting an error event and freezing communications between the storage systems located at the first location and the second location in response to the error event. The method also includes designating either the first location or the second location as a preferred location and modifying the designation of all of storage systems at the preferred location to be primary storage systems in response to the error event.

Abstract: Responsive to a cluster manager for a particular node from among multiple nodes allocating at least one leased resource for a resource group for an application workload on the particular node, on fallover of the resource group from another node to the particular node, setting a timer thread, by the cluster manager for the particular node, to track an amount of time remaining for an initial lease period of the at least one leased resource. Responsive to the timer thread expiring while the resource group is holding the at least one leased resource, maintaining, by the cluster manager for the particular node, the resource group comprising the at least one leased resource for an additional lease period and automatically incurring an additional fee, only if the particular node has the capacity to handle the resource group at a lowest cost from among the nodes.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to wear leveling memory using error rate. A number of embodiments comprise: programming data to a selected group of a number of groups of memory cells based, at least partially, on a process cycle count corresponding to the selected group; determining an error rate corresponding to the selected group; and adjusting the process cycle count corresponding to the selected group based, at least partially, on the determined error rate corresponding to the selected group.

Abstract: A memory controller adds the redundant information that is used to correct an error for each of data of a predetermined length and stores the data into the nonvolatile memory in the case in which data is written to the nonvolatile memory, the memory controller reads data and the redundant information that has been added to the data from the nonvolatile memory in the case in which data is read from the nonvolatile memory, and the memory controller corrects an error based on the redundant information in the case in which the data includes an error. The memory controller stores data that is in a basic unit that is a unit of an error correction configured by the data of a predetermined length and the redundant information that is added to the data of a predetermined length into a plurality of predetermined pages in a dispersed manner.

Abstract: A page buffer for a NAND memory array has a data register and a cache register that are suitably organized and operated to eliminate gaps and discontinuities in the output data during a continuous page read. The cache register may be organized in two portions, and the page data in the cache may be output from the cache portions in alternation. ECC delay may be eliminated from the output by performing the ECC computation on one cache portion while the other is being output. The data register may also be organized in two portions corresponding to the cache portions, so that data may be transferred to one cache portion while the other is being output. In a variation, the continuous page read may be done without ECC.

Abstract: An aspect of this invention is a method that includes evaluating a computing environment by performing auditing of a fault tolerance ability of the computing environment to tolerate each of a plurality of failure scenarios; constructing a failover plan for each of the plurality of scenarios; identifying one or more physical resource limitations which constrain the fault tolerance ability; and identifying one or more physical resources to be added to the computing environment to tolerate each of the plurality of failure scenarios.

Abstract: An exemplary method for accessing a flash memory. The method comprising obtaining a first random sequence; utilizing the first random sequence as a first seed for generating a second random sequence, wherein the first random sequence is not equivalent to the second random sequence; scrambling data according to the second random sequence for generating scrambled data; performing an error correction encoding operation upon the first random sequence and the scrambled data for generating parity check code; and storing the scrambled data and the parity check code to the flash memory.

Abstract: System and methods for proactively refreshing portions of a nonvolatile memory are disclosed. A memory system may proactively refresh a portion of nonvolatile memory based on data associated with the portion. The data may include the time elapsed since the portion was last refreshed, the number of times the portion has been cycled, and the average operating temperature of the nonvolatile memory. A portion of nonvolatile memory meeting certain criteria determined from that data may be proactively refreshed during a downtime when the nonvolatile memory is not otherwise being accessed.

Abstract: A redundant controller engine (RCE) of a system includes a first, second and at least a third redundant processing unit (RPU). The RCE includes an arbitrator in communication with the first, second and third RPUs which sends a message for a corresponding time requiring a decision to the first, second and third RPUs, and receives the decisions made by the first, second and third RPUs. The arbitrator accepts a first two matching decisions for the corresponding time received from the first, second and third RPUs, and sending the matching decision for the corresponding time to the system. The arbitrator has a first message processing unit (MPU) and a second MPU. The first MPU sends the message for the corresponding time to and receives the decisions for the corresponding time from the first, second and third RPUs. A method for processing data from a system. An apparatus for conferencing.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a power system with hot-swap with a buck converter. The power system comprises a front stage, a hot-swap stage and a load stage; wherein the hot-swap stage comprises: a buck converter having a switch operate at ON/OFF state to provide a desired output voltage to the load stage with low power loss and optimized thermal design.

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a method may comprise identifying one or more portions of the memory having defects. The method may also include storing one or more addresses in the memory defect list, each of the one or more addresses associated with a portion of the one or more identified portions. The method may further include indicating to components of an information handling system that the one or more identified portions are unusable such that the other components are prevented from allocating and using the one or more identified portions.

Abstract: A method may include receiving an order associated with processing a media file and forwarding the order to a resource management system. The method may also include identifying, by the resource management system, tasks associated with fulfilling the order, storing the plurality of tasks and identifying an execution system to execute the tasks. The method may further include forwarding, by the resource management system, the tasks to the execution system.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of controlling a nonvolatile memory device which includes programming data in a user data area of the nonvolatile memory device and state information on logical states of the data in a meta area of the nonvolatile memory device; and adjusting levels of a plurality of read voltages using the state information to read the data from the user data area using the plurality of read voltages having the adjusted levels.

Abstract: A portable device for diagnosing a diagnosis device, a method for providing a diagnosis service, and a diagnosis system thereof are provided. The portable device includes a setting information collecting unit which collects setting information relating to the diagnosis device which is output from the diagnosis device, a diagnosis device information generating unit which generates diagnosis device information based on the setting information, a communication unit which transmits the diagnosis device information to a server, and a diagnosis result output unit which, if diagnosis result information is received from the server via the communication unit, outputs the received diagnosis result information. Accordingly, an electronic apparatus without a network function may provide a diagnosis service remotely by using a portable device.

Abstract: Methods of performing a read retry, including reading a non-volatile memory with new read parameters, and devices for performing such methods are disclosed. The read retry operation and/or subsequent read retry operation may be initiated and/or completed before it is determined that such read retry operation is warranted. For example, a page of a NAND flash memory may be read in a read retry operation with new read voltage levels applied to a word line of the page. For example, a read retry operation may be performed on a target page prior to determining errors of a previous read page of data of the target page are uncorrectable via an ECC operation.

Abstract: The method includes receiving a command at a first storage system of a block storage cluster. The command is transmitted by the initiator system to the first storage system via a network and includes a request for data. The method further includes transferring the stored data from the first storage system to the initiator system via the network when data requested in the data request is stored by the first storage system. The method further includes transmitting a referral response from the first storage system to the initiator system when a portion of the data requested in the data request is not stored by the first storage system, but is stored by a second storage. system of the block storage cluster.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a self-repair system for three-dimensional mask-programmed read-only memory (3D-MPROM). Most of the 3D-MPROM data are not checked in the factory, but checked and repaired in the field. This self-repair system comprises a playback device with a re-writable memory (RWM). The RWM temporarily stores new contents. After a user receives a 3D-MPROM card storing the same contents, the playback device checks the 3D-MPROM data. When bad data are detected, the good data to replace the bad data are fetched from the RWM.

Abstract: With increasing capacity, testing of three-dimensional mask-programmed read-only memory (3D-MPROM) becomes too time-consuming and expensive. Accordingly, the present invention discloses a field-repair system. Most of the 3D-MPROM data are not checked in the factory, but checked and repaired in the field. The field-repair system comprises a playback device with a communicating means. The playback device checks the 3D-MPROM data as they are read out. When bad data are detected, the good data to replace the bad data are fetched from a remote server with the communicating means. The remote server stores at least a copy of the content being read.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus including an acquisition unit configured to acquire log data recording operation of the image forming apparatus, a first storage unit configured to store the acquired log data in a volatile memory, a calculation unit configured to calculate a total size of the log data stored in the volatile memory, a determination unit configured to determine whether the calculated total size of the log data has reached a threshold value, a second storage unit configured to store the log data from the first storage unit when the total size of the log data in the first storage unit has reached the threshold value, and a changing unit configured to change the threshold value according to an operation state of the image forming apparatus.

Abstract: A non-volatile semiconductor memory device includes: a memory unit including a plurality of memory cells, each of the plurality of memory cells to perform a multi-level storage operation by assigning a value including a plurality of bits to at least four data states defined according to a threshold level; and a controller to control the memory unit, wherein the controller sets at least one of the plurality of bits to an error correction bit that indicates one of a first state and a second state; assigns the first state to the error correction bits that correspond to the data states having a minimum threshold level and a maximum threshold level and the second state to the error correction bits that correspond to the data state having other threshold level; and resets the error correction bit to the first state when the error correction bit indicates the second state.

Abstract: A memory circuit including a logic circuit, content addressable memory, and a multiplexer. The logic circuit is configured to output a first address. The content addressable memory is configured to i) receive the first address and ii) output a substitute address and a match signal if the first address matches a second address stored in the content addressable memory. The multiplexer is configured to i) receive the first address and the substitute address and ii) selectively output one of the first address and the substitute address based on the match signal.

Abstract: A method of operating a memory controller includes reading data from a first block of a memory device; detecting degraded pages from a plurality of pages of the first block and counting a number of the degraded pages in the first block; and recharging or reclaiming the first block, which includes the degraded pages, based on the counted number of the degraded pages.

Abstract: In a system and method for processing network data of a server, the server includes a timer, a switch and a storage system. The server determines whether the storage system includes overtime information of the timer when server is powered on. If the storage system includes the overtime information, the overtime information is deleted. If an operating system is started, a predetermined initial value is written into the timer to start timing, and a first network port and a second network port are disconnected through the switch. If the server works normally, a predetermined reset command is sent to the timer to reset the timer at regular intervals. If the server does not work normally, the first network port and the second network port are connected through the switch. If the timer times out, the overtime information is written into the storage system.

Abstract: A method begins by a dispersed storage (DS) processing module generating a set of encoded data slices based on a data segment of data and dispersed storage network (DSN) addressing information regarding metadata of the data. The method continues with the DS processing module generating a set of encoded metadata slices based on the metadata and DSN addressing information regarding the data. The method continues with the DS processing module generating a set of metadata write commands regarding storing the set of encoded metadata in a first set of DS units of DSN memory. The method continues with the DS processing module generating a set of data segment write commands regarding storing the set of encoded data slices in a second set of DS units of the DSN memory.

Abstract: Continuous workload availability between sites at unlimited distances, which includes receiving a unit of work data. Once the unit of work data has been received the workload that the unit of work data is directed to is determined, and a primary site of a plurality of sites to process the unit of work is chosen. If the processing of the unit of work data is successful, then one of one or more processing systems of the primary site are selected to process the unit of work data, and the unit of work data is replicated to at least one other site. The primary site is separated from each of the plurality of sites by a distance greater than a metropolitan area network (MAN) and operations occur within a customer acceptability window.

Abstract: A method of utilizing storage in a storage system comprises prioritizing a plurality of storage areas in the storage system for data recovery with different priorities; and performing data recovery of the storage system at an occurrence of a failure involving one or more of the storage areas in the storage system based on the priorities. Data recovery for one storage area having a higher priority is to occur before data recovery for another storage area having a lower priority in the storage system. In various embodiments, the prioritization is achieved by monitoring the access characteristics, or the priority is specified by the host or management computer based on the usage and/or importance of data stored in the storage system, or the priority is determined by the storage system based on the area assignment/release (i.e., usage) of thin provisioned volumes.

Abstract: In some example embodiments, a method includes performing a memory scrub of a memory across a scrub cycle of multiple scrub cycles. The method includes identifying correctable errors of symbols in the memory that are a result of accesses from a section of the memory in response to the memory scrub. The method also includes performing an analysis across the multiple scrub cycles, wherein the performing of the analysis comprises determining whether at least two symbols across the multiple scrub cycles have at least one correctable error. The method includes responsive to determining that at least two symbols across the multiple scrub cycles have at least one correctable error, executing at least one repair of the memory that includes the section of memory.

Abstract: A method for encoding a data word for writing an encoded data word in N cells of a solid state memory. Each of the N cells can be programmed in one of q nominal levels. The method includes encoding the data word as a codeword of a first codeword type having q symbol values or as a codeword of a second codeword type having (q-d) symbol values, d ? [1, . . . , q-1], depending on a state of the N cells.

Abstract: A method begins by a dispersed storage (DS) processing module generating preliminary dispersed storage network (DSN) storage information for data to be stored in a DSN. The method continues with the DS processing module accessing DSN storage information regarding other data stored in the DSN and comparing the preliminary DSN storage information for the data with the DSN storage information regarding the other data. When at least a portion of the data has compatible preliminary DSN storage information with DSN storage information of at least a portion of the other data, the method continues with the DS processing module generating DSN storage information for remaining portions of the data to produce remaining portions DSN storage information and generating DSN storage information for the data based on the DSN storage information of the at least the portion of the other data and the remaining portions DSN storage information.

Abstract: Techniques are described for increasing a lifetime of blocks of memory. In operation, respective life expectancy scores for each of the blocks are calculated based at least in part on a respective number of times each of the blocks is respectively erased, and further based at least in part on at least one other factor that affects the lifetime of the blocks. An order to write and recycle the blocks is determined, based at least in part on at least some of the respective lifetime expectancy scores. A total amount of the blocks that are erased and written is minimized while lifetime expectancy score variation between the blocks is equalized.

Abstract: The present disclosure includes apparatus (e.g., computing systems, memory systems, controllers, etc.) and methods for providing data integrity. One or more methods can include, for example: receiving a number of sectors of data to be written to a number of memory devices; appending first metadata corresponding to the number of sectors and including first integrity data to the number of sectors, the first metadata has a particular format; generating second integrity data to be provided in second metadata, the second integrity data corresponding to at least one of the number of sectors (wherein the second metadata has a second format); and generating third integrity data to be provided in the second metadata, the third integrity data including error data corresponding to the second integrity data and the at least one of the number of sectors.