US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on June 24 for "ECC decoder and memory controller including the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,743, issued on June 24, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"ECC decoder and memory controller including the same" was invented by Soonyoung Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yongsung Kil (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jaehong Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hongrak Son (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A memory controller includes a processor, which is configured to determine one of a first operation mode and a second operation mode as an operation mode based on a lifespan or retention of a memory device. The processor is configured to transmit to the memory device, a read command for obta...