Systems and methods for improving memory reliability

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C365S189060, C365S189200, C365S196000, C365S210120

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07573735

ABSTRACT:
Systems and methods for reducing instability and writability problems arising from relative variations between voltages at which memory cells and logic components that access the memory cells operate by inhibiting memory accesses when the voltages are not within an acceptable operating range. One embodiment comprises a pipelined processor having logic components which receive power at a first voltage and a set of SRAM cells which receive power at a second voltage. A critical condition detector is configured to monitor the first and second voltages and to determine whether the ratio of these voltages is within an acceptable range. When the voltages are not within the acceptable range, an exception is generated, and an exception handler stalls the processor pipeline to inhibit accesses to the SRAM cells. When the voltages return to the acceptable range, the exception handler resumes the pipeline and completes handling of the exception.

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