{
  "patent_number": "US 12737123",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "How Memory Devices Dynamically Manage Overly Busy Data Rows",
  "original_title": "Apparatuses and methods for aggressor queue based mitigation threshold",
  "summary": "This patent describes a method for memory devices to identify and manage frequently accessed data rows by dynamically adjusting a threshold based on how many such 'aggressor rows' are already detected.",
  "what_it_does": "A memory device detects 'aggressor rows' by tracking how often individual memory rows are accessed. When a row is accessed, a count value associated with that row changes. If this count value exceeds a 'mitigation threshold', the row is identified as an aggressor. These identified aggressor rows are then stored in an 'aggressor queue'. The system intelligently adjusts the 'mitigation threshold' based on the current number of addresses already stored in the aggressor queue. For example, the abstract states that the threshold may increase as more addresses are added to the queue, making it harder for new rows to be flagged as aggressors when many are already identified.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover memory management techniques that do not involve tracking individual row access counts.",
    "Does not cover systems that use a fixed or static mitigation threshold for identifying aggressor rows.",
    "Does not cover methods for mitigating memory issues that do not involve an 'aggressor queue' to store identified rows.",
    "Does not cover identifying aggressor rows based on factors other than a changing count value compared to a threshold."
  ],
  "filed": "2024-06-12",
  "granted": "2026-09-15",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": null,
  "holder_url": null,
  "inventors": [],
  "times_cited": 0,
  "tags": [
    "semiconductors",
    "consumer_electronics",
    "telecommunications",
    "data_storage",
    "high_performance_computing"
  ],
  "abstract": "Apparatuses and methods aggressor queue mitigation based threshold. A memory device detects aggressor rows by changing a count value associated with the row when it is accessed and comparing the count value to a mitigation threshold. Identified aggressor rows are stored in an aggressor queue. The value of the mitigation threshold is set based on a number of addresses which are stored in the aggressor queue. For example the threshold may increase as the number of addresses in the queue increases.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12737123/apparatuses-and-methods-for-aggressor-queue-based-mitigation-threshold",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12737123/apparatuses-and-methods-for-aggressor-queue-based-mitigation-threshold/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US12737123",
  "relatedPatents": []
}