What is Rowhammer?

A DRAM phenomenon in which repeatedly activating the same row in a short time drains charge from cells in neighboring rows and flips their data. Because it can be exploited in attacks, countermeasures are built into DRAMs and memory controllers.

Field: DRAM

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  1. In DRAM, what is the phenomenon in which repeatedly activating one row in a short time can flip data in adjacent rows?

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Refresh 1T1C cell Bank Bit line CAS latency DDR SDRAM DIMM ECC (error-correcting code) LPDDR Memory wall

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