Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
HARDWARE-ASSISTED DYNAMIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (DRAM) ROW MERGING

Abstract:

Hardware-assisted Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) row merging, including: identifying, by a memory controller, in a DRAM module, a plurality of rows storing identical data; storing, in a mapping table, data mapping one or more rows of the plurality of rows to another row; and excluding the one or more rows from a refresh the DRAM module.