Altera/Intel Assigned Patent

Altera Corporation, (subsidiary of Intel Corp.), San Jose, CA, has been assigned a patent (9,684,559) developed by Tse, Clement C., Fremont, CA, for a “methods and apparatus for storing error correction information on a memory controller circuit.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A memory controller circuit is disclosed. The memory controller circuit is coupled to an external memory device. The memory controller circuit selectively generates error-correction information for a user input. The selection is based on whether the user input is one of predefined inputs. In order to facilitate that, the memory controller circuit includes a command processor circuit and a memory circuit. The error-correction information is stored within the memory circuit located within the memory controller circuit. Selectively generating the error-free correction information may significantly reduce the amount of memory storage that is required within the memory controller circuit.“

The patent application was filed on April 25, 2014 (14/261,985).