US 12,142,338 B2
Memory priming and initialization systems and methods
Dimin Niu, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Shuangchen Li, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Tianchan Guan, Shanghai (CN); and Hongzhong Zheng, Los Gatos, CA (US)
Assigned to Alibaba Group Holding Limited, Grand Cayman (KY)
Appl. No. 17/788,696
Filed by Alibaba Group Holding Limited, Grand Cayman (KY)
PCT Filed Jan. 19, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/072773
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 23, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/155798, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0245711 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. G11C 29/52 (2006.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G11C 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC G11C 29/52 (2013.01) [G11C 7/1096 (2013.01); G11C 7/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A memory controller including:
a normal data path that directs storage operations during a normal memory read/write operation after a power startup of a memory chip; and
a priming path that includes a priming module, wherein the priming module directs memory priming operations during the power startup of the memory chip, including forwarding a priming pattern for loading in a write pattern mode register in the memory chip and selection of a memory address in the memory chip for initialization with the priming pattern.