Patent ID: 11861167
Assignee: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 9:
10. An apparatus, comprising:
a first counter;
a second counter;
a second incrementor coupled with the second counter, wherein the second counter is configured to output a count of wear-leveling operations to the second incrementor;
a second selector circuit coupled with the second counter, wherein the second selector circuit comprises a second data input and a selection input, and wherein:
the second data input is configured to receive a count of the second counter, and
the selection input is configured to receive a value indicating whether an incremented count of the first counter satisfies a threshold; and

a controller coupled with the first counter and the second counter and operable to cause the apparatus to:
track access operations performed on a memory cell;
increment a count of the first counter and a count of the second counter based at least in part on tracking the access operations performed on the memory cell; and
determine whether to perform wear-leveling operations on the memory cell based at least in part on incrementing a count of the first counter and count of the second counter.