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Title: Method and apparatus for mitigating row hammer attacks

Abstract

An integrated circuit includes an aggressor wordline cache and logic that determines a candidate upper adjacent address and a candidate lower adjacent address of a target memory row corresponding to a read request to memory. When at least one of the candidate upper adjacent address or the candidate lower adjacent address are determined to be a victim row, the logic checks the aggressor wordline cache for a cache hit for the target memory row. When there is a cache hit in the aggressor wordline cache, the logic sends a corresponding cache line as a response to the read request, otherwise the logic causes a read of content from the memory. In certain examples, the logic includes a stored bit array and a hash function-based filter, which determines whether any of the candidate upper adjacent address and the candidate lower adjacent address are victim rows represented in the stored bit array.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1805636
Patent Number(s):
10950292
Application Number:
16/710,424
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
G - PHYSICS G11 - INFORMATION STORAGE G11C - STATIC STORES
DOE Contract Number:  
AC52-07NA27344; B620717
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 12/11/2019
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

SeyedzadehDelcheh, SeyedMohammad, and Raasch, Steven E. Method and apparatus for mitigating row hammer attacks. United States: N. p., 2021. Web.
SeyedzadehDelcheh, SeyedMohammad, & Raasch, Steven E. Method and apparatus for mitigating row hammer attacks. United States.
SeyedzadehDelcheh, SeyedMohammad, and Raasch, Steven E. Tue . "Method and apparatus for mitigating row hammer attacks". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1805636.
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