Patent ID: 6990640
Filing Date: 2006-01-24
Classification: G11C

Abstract:
1. A method for producing a device having a reduced memory capacity comprising: providing a device having a memory capacity; determining that the memory capacity of the device can be reduced; determining an amount by which the memory capacity of the device is to be reduced; reducing the memory capacity of the device in accordance with the determined amount to produce a device having a reduced memory capacity and a dormant memory capacity, wherein the memory capacity is reduced by inactivating at least one row of a memory bank of the device or at least one column of the memory bank of the device; and furnishing an apparatus with said device having said reduced memory capacity and the dormant memory capacity which is not available for use, wherein the at least one row of the memory bank that is inactivated is made unusable and is prevented from storing data, and wherein the at least one column of the memory bank that is inactivated is made unusable and is prevented from storing data.