Memory device having address and command selectable capabilities
Subject matter disclosed herein relates to memory management, and more particularly to partitioning a memory based on memory attributes.
1. A method comprising:
receiving at least one of an address for storing and a command to store information;
selecting a particular partition from among two or more partitions in a memory array to store said information, wherein stored information in each of said two or more partitions has a corresponding reliability and wherein said particular partition is selected based upon said reliabilities of said stored information in said two or more partitions; and
operating a particular error correcting code (ECC) algorithm for said selected particular partition, wherein a capacity to correct errors of said particular error correcting code (ECC) algorithm is selected based, at least in part, on said reliabilities of said stored information in said two or more partitions.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising applying a particular sense amplifier circuit and a particular write circuit based, at least in part, on said selected particular partition.
3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising configuring said particular sense amplifier circuit and said particular write circuit based, at least in part, on said at least one of said address and said command.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising selecting said particular partition based, at least in part on a type of said information.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein said type of said information comprises at least one of a program code, operating system code, and data.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein said selecting is further based at least in part on said at least one of said address and said command.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising configuring said particular ECC algorithm based, at least in part, on said at least one of said address and said command.
8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising storing at least a portion of said information in said particular partition using programming pulses having attributes based, at least in part, on said at least one of said address and said command.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein said attributes comprise at least one of a type of operations of a program algorithm, type of sequences of said program algorithm, verify levels, verify number, program pulse number and order, reset pulse amplitude, set pulse length, set pulse peak height, and set pulse shape.
10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising selecting a rate at which to write said information based, at least in part, on said at least one of said address and said command.
11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising selecting a rate at which to write said information based, at least in part, on a differentiation of program algorithms.
12. An apparatus comprising:
a controller to:
receive at least one of an address for storing and a command to store information;
select a particular partition from among two or more partitions in a memory array to store said information, wherein stored information in each of said two or more partitions has a corresponding reliability, and wherein said particular partition is selected based upon said reliabilities of said stored information in said two or more partitions; and
operate a particular error correcting code (ECC) algorithm for said selected particular partition, wherein a capacity to correct errors of said particular error correcting code (ECC) algorithm is selected based, at least in part, on said reliabilities of said stored information in said two or more partitions.
13. The apparatus of claim 12 , said controller to apply a particular sense amplifier circuit and write circuit based, at least in part, on said selected particular partition.
14. The apparatus of claim 13 , further comprising configuring said particular sense amplifier circuit and said write circuit based, at least in part, on said at least one of said address and said command.
15. The apparatus of claim 12 , said controller to select said particular partition based, at least in part on a type of said information.
16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein said type of said information comprises at least one of a program code, operating system code, and data.
17. The apparatus of claim 12 , said controller to configure said particular ECC algorithm based, at least in part, on said at least one of said address and said command.
18. A system comprising:
a memory device comprising an array of memory cells, said memory device further comprising a memory controller to:
receive at least one of an address for storing and a command to store information;
select a particular partition from among two or more partitions in a memory array to store said information, wherein stored information in each of said two or more partitions has a corresponding reliability, and wherein said particular partition is selected based upon said reliabilities of said stored information in said two or more partitions; and
operate a particular error correcting code (ECC) algorithm for said selected particular partition, wherein a capacity to correct errors of said particular error correcting code (ECC) is selected based, at least in part, on said reliabilities of said stored information in said two or more partitions; and
a processor to host one or more applications and to initiate said at least one of said address and said command to said memory controller to provide access to said memory cells in said memory cell array.
19. The system of claim 18 , said memory controller to apply a particular sense amplifier circuit based, at least in part, on said selected particular partition.
20. The system of claim 18 , said memory controller to select said particular partition based, at least in part on a type of said information.