Patent ID: 11914474
Assignee: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A system comprising:
a memory device comprising a plurality of physical memory segments, wherein each of the physical memory segments comprises a plurality of memory cells; and
a processing device, operatively coupled with the memory device, to perform operations comprising:
responsive to detecting a failure of a memory operation associated with a physical memory segment of the plurality of physical memory segments, performing one or more scanning operations associated with the physical memory segment to estimate a fraction of bad memory cells in at least a sub-plurality of memory cells of the physical memory segment; and
determining, based on a relationship of the estimated fraction of bad memory cells to one or more threshold fractions, a viability status of the physical memory segment, wherein the viability status indicates an ability of the physical memory segment to store data.