US 12,079,509 B2
Controllers and methods for accessing memory devices via multiple modes
Emanuele Confalonieri, Segrate (IT); Daniele Balluchi, Cernusco Sul Naviglio (IT); Paolo Amato, Treviglio (IT); Danilo Caraccio, Milan (IT); and Marco Sforzin, Cernusco Sul Naviglio (IT)
Assigned to Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US)
Filed by Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US)
Filed on Jul. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/868,286.
Prior Publication US 2024/0028249 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0655 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G06F 11/1048 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
6. An apparatus, comprising:
a first set of media controllers of a plurality of media controllers, the first set couplable to a plurality of memory devices and configured to access the plurality of memory devices according to a chip kill protocol;
a second set of media controllers of the plurality of media controllers, the second set couplable to the plurality of memory devices and configured to access the plurality of memory devices according to a non-chip kill protocol; and
a controller coupled to the plurality of media controllers, the controller configured to enable, while the second set of media controllers is disabled, the first set of media controllers to access the plurality of memory devices according to the chip kill protocol.