Patent ID: 9734008
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: G06F,G11C

Claim:
1. A method of managing output data resulting from a memory device storing raw data and error correction coding (ECC) bits, the method comprising: receiving a read command, the read command including a specification of one or more memory addresses within the memory device; outputting, from the memory device, the raw data corresponding with the one or more memory addresses and the ECC bits corresponding with the one or more memory addresses; decoding the raw data and the ECC bits corresponding with the one or more memory addresses to output an error vector associated with the one or more memory addresses, the error vector associated with the one or more memory addresses indicating errors in the raw data corresponding with the one or more memory addresses; and outputting the error vector associated with the one or more memory addresses as the output data based on a selection indicated in the read command.