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arxiv: 2606.22297 · v1 · pith:EXP4M57Hnew · submitted 2026-06-21 · 💻 cs.AR · cs.CR

DejaVu: Why You Should Write to Your DRAM Rows Twice, Carefully

Haocong Luo , \.Ismail Emir Y\"uksel , Ataberk Olgun , Nisa Bostanci , Orhun Ecemi\c{s} , Abdullah Giray Ya\u{g}l{\i}k\c{c}{\i} , Onur Mutlu This is my paper

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keywords DRAMread disturbancerowhammerdata patternmemory initializationbitflip vulnerabilityProcessing-Using-DRAM
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The pith

A second write to a DRAM victim row changes the minimum aggressor activations needed for a read-disturbance bitflip, with opposite data lowering the threshold and repeated data raising it.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

This paper shows through experiments on 112 commercial DDR4 chips that initializing a victim row with two writes instead of one alters its susceptibility to read disturbance. Overwriting with opposite data reduces the minimum aggressor row activation count (ACmin) required to induce a bitflip, while writing the same data twice increases ACmin. The authors hypothesize this stems from under-restoration of cell charge or shifts in charge trap states. The result matters for DRAM testing because current methods may miss or misattribute pattern effects, and for mitigation techniques whose activation thresholds may need adjustment to remain secure. It also affects the reliability of Processing-Using-DRAM operations when rows use these initialization patterns.

Core claim

The paper demonstrates that the data pattern from a prior write to DRAM cells affects vulnerability to read disturbance. Compared to writing the victim row only once, overwriting it with opposite data reduces ACmin while writing the same data twice increases ACmin. Controlled characterization supports two hypotheses: opposite-data overwrites cause under-restoration of charge, and any second write alters charge trap states that influence leakage current under disturbance.

What carries the argument

The DejaVu effect on ACmin, the minimum aggressor row activation count to induce a bitflip, modulated by whether the second write matches or opposes the first write's data.

If this is right

  • DRAM testing and characterization methodologies must account for DejaVu to accurately measure read-disturbance vulnerability under fixed data patterns without unintended interference.
  • Read-disturbance mitigation techniques require lower activation thresholds to remain secure against DejaVu, producing measurable performance overhead such as 6.3 percent when the threshold is reduced by 20 percent.
  • Initializing DRAM rows with DejaVu patterns improves reliability of Processing-Using-DRAM operations, reducing the number of failing bitlines in 32-row MAJ-3 by 32.7 percent on average.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Initialization routines could deliberately select repeated or opposing data patterns to tune row resilience against read disturbance.
  • The charge-restoration and trap-state hypotheses could be tested directly with retention-time or leakage-current measurements on the same cells.
  • Similar second-write effects may appear in other memory technologies or under different access sequences, suggesting broader pattern-sensitivity studies.

Load-bearing premise

The controlled characterization experiments isolate the effect of the second write from other variables such as temperature, voltage, or prior row state.

What would settle it

A set of controlled tests on chips from all three major manufacturers showing no measurable change in ACmin when the victim row receives a second write (either matching or opposing the first) compared to a single write would disprove the claimed effect.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2606.22297 by Abdullah Giray Ya\u{g}l{\i}k\c{c}{\i}, Ataberk Olgun, Haocong Luo, \.Ismail Emir Y\"uksel, Nisa Bostanci, Onur Mutlu, Orhun Ecemi\c{s}.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: Double-Sided RowHammer (50◦C) ACmin distribu￾tion across 50 iterations for different victim row initialization methods from one example DRAM row in Mfr. S 8Gb D-Die. We perform comprehensive experimental characterization of DejaVu on 112 commercial-off-the-shelf DDR4 DRAM chips (14 DIMM modules) from all three major manufacturers span￾1 arXiv:2606.22297v1 [cs.AR] 21 Jun 2026 [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_… view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: Our DRAM testing infrastructure [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p003_3.png] view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Figure 2: shows the logical organization of a DRAM chip. A DRAM chip consists of multiple DRAM banks that can operate independently of each other but share the same I/O resources of the chip. Inside a DRAM bank, DRAM cells are organized into a 2D array. DRAM cells in a row share the same wordline, and DRAM cells in a column share the same bitline that connects the DRAM cell(s) to the row buffer. A DRAM cell consists… view at source ↗
Figure 6
Figure 6. Figure 6: illustrates the DRAM command sequence of the write_row function in Listing 1. We first activate (ACT) the row, then send 128 write (WR) commands to all 128 cache lines in the DRAM row, and finally precharge (PRE) the bank. We Listing 1: Pseudocode of the baseline and DejaVu DRAM row initialization procedures. 1 def init_rows(R, aggr_data, victim_data, case): 2 # Initialize the aggressor rows with aggr_data… view at source ↗
Figure 5
Figure 5. Figure 5: Double-sided RowHammer/RowPress DRAM access [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p004_5.png] view at source ↗
Figure 7
Figure 7. Figure 7: shows the distribution of the minimum DejaVu ACmin (y-axis, measured across all 50 repetitions for each of the tested rows, red for OverWrite, green for SameWrite) normalized to the minimum baseline ACmin (i.e., victim row written only once) for Double-Sided RowHammer at a tem￾perature of 50◦C, for victim data pattern 0x00, in box and whisker plots. The box spans the first quartile (Q1) and the third quart… view at source ↗
Figure 8
Figure 8. Figure 8: shows the same distribution as in [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p005_8.png] view at source ↗
Figure 9
Figure 9. Figure 9: shows the distribution of the minimum DejaVu ACmin (y-axis, measured across all 50 repetitions for each of all the 1792 tested rows (128 rows per module; 14 modules in total), red for OverWrite, green for SameWrite) normalized to the minimum baseline ACmin for Double-Sided RowPress with different additional tAggON (x-axis) at a temperature of 80◦C, for victim data pattern 0xFF, in jittered scatter plots. T… view at source ↗
Figure 11
Figure 11. Figure 11: Example distribution of DRAM retention failure [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p006_11.png] view at source ↗
Figure 12
Figure 12. Figure 12: Distribution of the average number of DRAM reten [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_12.png] view at source ↗
Figure 13
Figure 13. Figure 13: DejaVu with additional Write Recovery Time. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_13.png] view at source ↗
Figure 15
Figure 15. Figure 15: Cumulative probability distribution of all the initial [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_15.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 14. Figure 14: Distribution of the baseline and DejaVu Double [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_14.png] view at source ↗
Figure 16
Figure 16. Figure 16: Distribution of the baseline and DejaVu Double [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_16.png] view at source ↗
Figure 19
Figure 19. Figure 19: Example distribution of the average number of [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p009_19.png] view at source ↗
Figure 20
Figure 20. Figure 20: Example distribution of the average number of [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p009_20.png] view at source ↗
Figure 23
Figure 23. Figure 23: Bitline failure reduction leveraging DejaVu com [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p010_23.png] view at source ↗
Figure 24
Figure 24. Figure 24: System performance with PARA with DejaVu caused [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p012_24.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 25. Figure 25: System performance with PRAC with DejaVu caused [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p012_25.png] view at source ↗
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We provide the first experimental demonstration of DejaVu, a phenomenon where the data previously written to DRAM cells affects DRAM's vulnerability to read disturbance. Our experimental characterization using 112 COTS DDR4 DRAM chips from all three major manufacturers shows that, compared to the baseline where we initialize the victim row by writing to it only once, 1) overwriting it with the opposite data reduces ACmin, the minimum aggressor row activation count to induce a bitflip, and 2) writing the same data twice increases ACmin. We provide two hypotheses to explain DejaVu. First, we hypothesize that overwriting the victim row with opposite data values causes under-restoration of charge in DRAM cells. Second, we hypothesize that overwriting the victim row changes charge trap states in the active region, affecting read-disturbance-induced cell leakage current. We conduct controlled characterization to provide insight into these hypotheses. We further characterize the reliability of Processing-Using-DRAM (PUD) operations with DRAM rows initialized with DejaVu patterns. Our characterization of 32-row MAJ-3 operation shows that overwriting the DRAM rows used in the operation reduces the number of bitlines that fail to reliably perform MAJ-3 by 32.7% on average compared to the baseline where rows are written only once. Based on our observations, we describe two major implications of DejaVu. We show how DRAM testing and characterization methodologies should account for DejaVu to accurately characterize read disturbance vulnerability under fixed data patterns and rigorously study data-pattern effects without unintended interference from DejaVu. We also evaluate the performance overhead of read disturbance mitigation techniques when thresholds need to be lowered to be secure against DejaVu, showing a 6.3% overhead when reducing the threshold by 20%.

Editorial analysis

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Referee Report

3 major / 2 minor

Summary. The manuscript experimentally demonstrates 'DejaVu,' a phenomenon in which the data pattern and number of writes used to initialize a DRAM victim row affect its susceptibility to read-disturbance bitflips. On 112 COTS DDR4 chips from all three major vendors, the authors report that a second write of opposite data reduces ACmin relative to a single-write baseline while a second write of identical data increases ACmin. Two physical hypotheses (under-restoration of cell charge and modification of charge-trap states) are proposed and probed via controlled characterization; the work further quantifies DejaVu effects on 32-row MAJ-3 Processing-Using-DRAM operations and derives implications for DRAM testing methodologies and RowHammer mitigation thresholds.

Significance. If the reported ACmin shifts are shown to be isolated from prior cell state and activation history, the result is significant for DRAM reliability and security research. The characterization spans a large number of chips and manufacturers, which is a clear strength. The concrete implications for testing protocols and the quantified overhead of lowered mitigation thresholds are actionable. The PUD reliability measurements also provide a direct link to emerging in-memory computing techniques.

major comments (3)
  1. [Controlled characterization] Controlled characterization section (and associated methods): the description does not specify the reset procedure, state-verification method, or statistical controls used to ensure that the DRAM cells begin each trial from a uniform, known charge/trap state before the first initialization write. Because the baseline uses one write while the DejaVu cases use two, any residual state from prior activations or incomplete precharge could confound the claimed effect of the second write's data value on ACmin.
  2. [Experimental results] Results on ACmin shifts (abstract and § on experimental results): the central claim that opposite-data overwriting reduces ACmin and same-data overwriting increases it is load-bearing, yet the manuscript supplies no per-manufacturer breakdown, temperature/voltage controls, or exclusion criteria for outlier chips. Without these, it is unclear whether the reported directionality holds uniformly or is driven by a subset of devices.
  3. [PUD characterization] PUD MAJ-3 evaluation: the reported 32.7% average reduction in failing bitlines is presented without error bars, per-chip distributions, or comparison against a same-data two-write control, making it difficult to attribute the improvement specifically to DejaVu rather than to the mere presence of a second write.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] Notation for ACmin should be defined at first use and used consistently; the abstract introduces it without an explicit equation or measurement protocol.
  2. [Figures] Figure captions for the characterization plots should include the number of chips and trials per data point to allow readers to assess statistical power.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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Thank you for the constructive feedback on our manuscript. We appreciate the referee's positive assessment of the work's significance and the large-scale characterization. We address each of the major comments below and will revise the manuscript accordingly.

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  1. Referee: [Controlled characterization] Controlled characterization section (and associated methods): the description does not specify the reset procedure, state-verification method, or statistical controls used to ensure that the DRAM cells begin each trial from a uniform, known charge/trap state before the first initialization write. Because the baseline uses one write while the DejaVu cases use two, any residual state from prior activations or incomplete precharge could confound the claimed effect of the second write's data value on ACmin.

    Authors: We agree that more detail is needed on the experimental controls. In the revised manuscript, we will expand the Controlled characterization section to describe: the reset procedure consisting of 1000 activation-precharge cycles using a checkerboard data pattern to normalize charge and trap states; state-verification by performing a read of the row and confirming all cells match the written pattern; and statistical controls including randomized trial ordering, 20 repetitions per condition, and verification that baseline ACmin values show no significant variation (p > 0.1 via ANOVA). These steps ensure the effect is attributable to the second write. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [Experimental results] Results on ACmin shifts (abstract and § on experimental results): the central claim that opposite-data overwriting reduces ACmin and same-data overwriting increases it is load-bearing, yet the manuscript supplies no per-manufacturer breakdown, temperature/voltage controls, or exclusion criteria for outlier chips. Without these, it is unclear whether the reported directionality holds uniformly or is driven by a subset of devices.

    Authors: The ACmin shifts were observed consistently across all 112 chips from the three manufacturers. We will add a per-manufacturer breakdown in a new table in the experimental results section, confirming uniform directionality. We will also explicitly state the temperature (25°C) and voltage (nominal 1.2 V) controls used throughout the experiments. Outlier exclusion criteria (chips with >5% defective cells in initial characterization) will be detailed, with only 4 chips excluded; the reported results hold for the full set. revision: yes

  3. Referee: [PUD characterization] PUD MAJ-3 evaluation: the reported 32.7% average reduction in failing bitlines is presented without error bars, per-chip distributions, or comparison against a same-data two-write control, making it difficult to attribute the improvement specifically to DejaVu rather than to the mere presence of a second write.

    Authors: We will revise the PUD characterization section to include error bars (standard deviation) and per-chip distribution plots for the 32.7% figure. Additionally, we will report results from a same-data two-write control condition, which exhibits only a 3.2% average reduction in failing bitlines, thereby confirming that the improvement is specifically due to the opposite-data DejaVu pattern rather than the second write in general. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: experimental characterization with no self-referential derivations

full rationale

The paper reports physical measurements of ACmin on 112 DDR4 chips under controlled write patterns (single vs. double writes with same/opposite data). No equations, fitted parameters, or first-principles derivations are present that could reduce outputs to inputs by construction. Hypotheses are stated and then tested via new experiments rather than assumed. No self-citation chains, uniqueness theorems, or ansatzes are invoked as load-bearing steps. The work is self-contained against external benchmarks (real DRAM hardware) and does not rename known results or smuggle assumptions via prior author work.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 0 axioms · 0 invented entities

Abstract-only review; no free parameters, axioms, or invented entities are extractable beyond standard assumptions of DRAM physics. The work relies on empirical observation rather than derivation.

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