Display configured to display health status of a memory device

Abstract

An apparatus includes a display configured to display a health status of a memory device, where the health status is indicative of an amount of spare memory the memory device has available to replace memory of the memory device that may become defective.

1 . An apparatus, comprising:
 a display configured to display a health status of a memory device;   wherein the health status is indicative of an amount of spare memory the memory device has available to replace memory of the memory device that may become defective.   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the display is a monitor. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the memory device can store information when the health status is zero. 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the display is configured to display a warning when the amount of spare memory the memory device has available to replace memory of the memory device that may become defective is zero. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the display is non-volatile. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the display comprises a plurality of different colored LEDs, where each color signifies a different value of the health status. 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the display comprises a plurality of LEDs, wherein a number of LEDs illuminated indicates a respective value of the health status. 
     
     
         8 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the display comprises a single, multi-colored LED, where each color indicates a different value of the health status. 
     
     
         9 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the health status is displayed in bar fashion. 
     
     
         10 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein a value of the health status is displayed using rectangular shapes. 
     
     
         11 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the display comprises an indicator that points increasingly toward a particular value of the health status as the health status deteriorates. 
     
     
         12 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the health status is a measure of a health of the memory regardless of an amount of memory of the memory device that is defective at a time of manufacture of the memory device. 
     
     
         13 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the display is on the memory device. 
     
     
         14 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the display is a window on the memory device. 
     
     
         15 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the display is coupled to a host. 
     
     
         16 . The apparatus of  claim 15 , wherein the host measures the health status. 
     
     
         17 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the health status is a percentage. 
     
     
         18 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the health status is a ratio. 
     
     
         19 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein a controller coupled to the memory device measures the health status. 
     
     
         20 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the memory device measures the health status. 
     
     
         21 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the memory device is a memory card. 
     
     
         22 . An apparatus, comprising:
 a display configured to display a health status of a memory device;   wherein the health status only accounts for a growing number of defects of a memory of the memory device.   
     
     
         23 . An apparatus, comprising:
 a display configured to display a health status of a memory device;   wherein the health status depends upon a number of memory blocks of the memory device that become defective after the memory device is manufactured.