201122997 六、發明說明： 【發明所屬之技術領域】 本發明係關於一種具有固態硬碟之電腦裝置與以及一種在電 腦裝置中使用固態硬碟的方法。 【先前技術】 關於習知技術中以快閃記憶體為主之固態硬碟，可參考 Transcend創見公司的2.5吋SATA介面固態硬碟以及美國專利us Pat. 5,404,485 以及 US Pat. 5,535,369。 關於習知技術中以動態隨機存取記憶體為主之固態硬碟，可 參考ACARTM&億科技的ANS-9010 Dynamic SSD固態硬碟，又可 稱為 “RAM-based SSD” ，其他細節亦可參閱 http://www.storagesearch.com/ssd-ram.html ° 關於習知同時含有揮發性記憶體與非揮發性記憶體之固態硬 碟以及使用方法，可參考美國專利公開號2〇〇5/〇185496以及 2007/0276995。 然而’需說明的是’本文中所述之固態硬碟（s〇lid她drive )， 才曰利用IDE或SATA介面與主機板連結之儲存裝置，因此其所使 用之記憶體，係不同於直接設置在主機板上而可由中央處理器直 接存取之記憶體(〇n_B〇ai*d Memory，X稱i記題n统記憶 體）因此’某些稱為RamDisk軟體工具(例如Gav〇tte 可將主機板上之記憶體在作業系統下模擬磁碟，但這些作法並非 屬於本文所稱之@態硬碟，且與本侧並非屬於相_技術領域。 201122997 【發明内容】 本發明之—方面在於提供—種具有_硬碟之電腦裝置以及 在電腦裝置中制賴硬碟的方法，其中固態硬碟中 取記憶體以及快閃記憶體。 一般而言’電腦裳置在運作時會產生一些額外的 案，例如錄記(又稱為分_)、應雜式钱或執行^ 生的暫存檔案、或是作業系統執行時所產生的暫存槽案。 由於物理特性的限制，快閃記憶體能夠存取的次 此對於僅作為“暫存，，的檔案或不需要長久保存的槽案可^BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a computer device having a solid state hard disk and a method of using a solid state hard disk in a computer device. [Prior Art] For the solid state hard disk based on flash memory in the prior art, reference is made to Transcend Transcend's 2.5" SATA interface solid state hard disk and US Pat. No. 5,404,485 and US Pat. 5,535,369. For the solid state hard disk based on dynamic random access memory in the prior art, please refer to ACARTM & ANS-9010 Dynamic SSD solid state hard disk, also known as "RAM-based SSD", other details can also be See http://www.storagesearch.com/ssd-ram.html ° For a solid-state hard disk containing both volatile and non-volatile memory and how to use it, see US Patent Publication No. 2〇〇5 /〇185496 and 2007/0276995. However, 'the description is that the solid-state hard disk (s〇lid her drive) described in this article uses the IDE or SATA interface to connect the storage device to the motherboard, so the memory used is different from the direct Memory that is set on the motherboard and directly accessible by the central processing unit (〇n_B〇ai*d Memory, X is called i memory), so some are called RamDisk software tools (such as Gav〇tte The memory on the motherboard is simulated under the operating system, but these methods are not part of the @state hard disk referred to herein, and are not related to the present side. Technical Fields 201122997 [Invention] Aspects of the Invention It is a method for providing a computer device having a hard disk and a method for disposing a hard disk in a computer device, wherein the solid state hard disk has a memory and a flash memory. Generally speaking, the computer blade is generated during operation. Additional cases, such as recording (also known as sub-question), temporary storage of miscellaneous money or execution, or temporary storage slots generated during the execution of the operating system. Due to physical limitations, flashing Memory access For the case this time slot only as "the temporary files ,, or may not require long-term preservation of ^
It此 _硬碟中的隨機存取記憶體，而避免使用到快閃記情體； 延長快閃記憶體的使用壽命。 、 匕卜&綠隨機存取記,隨的絲速度較 快，亦可增加電腦裝置的效能。、％己隐體 卞㈣，㈣μ ^ 卜⑽存取記憶體為“揮發性” 浪費儲存裝置的空間。 言仔检案’不會 體與 在本發明-實施例中，電腦裝置包含固態硬碟 ，之處理器。固態硬碟包含殼體與設置在_中的快 業糸 隨機存取記.It體。隨機存取記㈣係作 之 不同 憶體 體=外’作業系統將快閃記憶體與隨機存取記憶 的邏輯磁碟’且以槽案為單位存取隨機存取記μ為兩 電腦裝置中使用固態硬碟之 在本發明另一實施例中，在上述 201122997 以 及物㈣之虛擬_ 統之’電職置包含固態硬碟與執行作業系 隨機存取記憶二二置在殼體中的快閃記憶體與 而1欲體儲存細作業系統所需之程式碼， 案Γ此夕用以存放執行作業系統期間所產生之暫存槽 〃 作業系統JU鶴為單位存轉機存取記憶體。 在2明另一實施例中，在上述電腦裝置中使用固態硬碟之 及存放i=執行作㈣統所需之程式碼於快閃記憶體，·以 及存放執仃作㈣統_峨生之暫存齡於_魏記憶體。 程式又;;ΓΤ，電腦裝置包含固態硬碟與執行應用 ίί:ΐ:二 含殼體與設置在殼體中的快閃記憶體 碑閃纖⑽純賴、_柄需之程式 碼隨機存取記憶體用以儲存執行應用程式期間所產生之暫存檔 案。 * 在本發明另一實施例中’在上述電腦裝置中使用固態硬碟之 方法，包含：儲存執行應用程式所需之程式碼於快閃記^體^以 及儲存執行應用程式期間所產生之暫存檔案於隨機存取記、憶體。 藉由以下之較佳實施例之敘述並配合圖式說明，本發明之目 的、特徵與優點將更為清楚。 " 201122997 【實施方式】 圖1顯示本發明中電腦裝S 10的基本架構圖。在此實施例 中’固態硬碟係作為電腦裝们〇之大量儲树置，電腦裝置 10可為個人電服或疋筆記型電腦，例如可參考Sony vaiox系 列 VPCX115、L_0 ThinkPad T40〇s 系列 2815RW8、ACER Timeline 3810T 系列 352G08n、ACERAspireone 系列以黯等 等而加以修改，特別是其十固態硬碟的部份，可參考本發明實施 例之說明。電腦裝置10具有處理器15〇，例如Intel SU35〇〇、Intd Z520、Intel SP9600等等，而處理器15〇係為電腦裝置1〇執行作 業$統(例如WINDOWS XP或是Linux)以及應用程式(例如網頁瀏 覽器Internet Explorer或是Firefox，或是影像處理程式Ad〇be Photoshop ’或是文書處理程式Microsoft WORD)。此外，除了固 態硬碟100之外，電腦裝置1〇亦可具有其他的儲存裝置，本發明 並不欲加以限制。 固態硬碟100包含殼體102、控制器1〇4、快閃記憶體1〇6、 隨機存取記憶體108。控制器1〇4可為FPGA或是ASIC (例如ARM 7 32Bit微處理器、未圖示），以執行韌體(firmware)來分別控制快 閃記憶體106與隨機存取記憶體1〇8,此外固態硬碟1〇〇亦可包含 SATA或是Π)Ε介面11〇與電腦裝置10主機板(未圖示)上的處理 器150進行通訊，其中固態硬碟100上的資料可透過電腦裝置1〇 主機板上的直接記憶體存取(Direct Memory Access、DMA)控制器 傳送給主機板上的主記憶體（皆未圖示），而處理器15〇再從主記憶 體上讀取。此外固態硬碟丨〇〇可設置於電腦裝置1〇當中作為一固 定式固態硬碟’但亦可實施為一可攜式固態硬碟，而利用USB介 面(未圖示)與電腦裝置10進行檔案傳輸。 201122997 固態硬碟100中之快閃記顏106，可參考Transcend創見公 司的64Gb 2.5 4 SATA介面固態硬碟以及美國專利us Pat 5,404,485 以及 US Pat. 5,535,369，在此不予贅述。 口 硬碟100中之隨機存取記憶體1〇8，較佳為们 SDRAM，其容量較佳為观以上，但本發明並不欲加以限制。 在此實把例中，控制器1〇4用以判斷快閃記憶體伽與隨機 存取記賴1G8的容量大小，提供分區表(pa她湯㈤給作業系 ^藉此健祕將快閃記髓1G6與隨機存取記憶體108視為 碟，“c:’，_與“D:’，_，其巾快閃記憶 rmn )並可進—步被蚊為開機磁碟。f說明的是，電 鮮統下亦可包含其他的邏輯磁碟，並作為開機磁 播户抱·^ ’電腦裝置⑴的_磁射時_記龍106麵 ΐ體Γ上因此選擇性地，控制器104可將隨機存取記 時候，而控制器亦可將快閃記憶趙伽=== 到機存取記憶體1〇8。 之實圖2A至2C之流程圖，配合圖1進—步說明本發弓 10之作==之實施例中，首先在步驟細，電腦幻 體Γο 悲硬碟1〇〇中快閃記憶體106與隨機存蝴 驟202中的邏輯磁碟，例如“C:”磁碟與“D:，，磁碟。封 ' 纟業系統健隨機存取記憶體，$定; 虛擬記憶體。《麵0WSXP作業系統為(例，也^是^ 201122997 pagefile.sys”(又稱為分頁檔)存放於隨機存取記憶體1〇8。換言 之’電腦裝置10之作業系統將主記憶體中放置過久，或是較無急 切性的資料挪放置固態硬碟1〇〇令之隨機存取記憶體1〇8。相較於 習知僅有快閃記憶體的固態硬碟，若將虛擬記憶體設置在快閃記 憶體’會大量增加快閃記憶體的存取次數，大幅減少固態硬碟的 使用壽命。 關於虛擬δ己憶體或是分頁檔的說明，可參閱Microsoft公司的 φ 技術文件· How to configure paging files for optimization and 騰very in Windows χρ” (http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;314482&x=l l&y=15) ’或是Red Hat公司的技術文件，由N〇rm Murray與Ndl H〇rman 所撰寫 “Understanding Virtud Memory，， (http://www.redhat.com/magazine/001nov04/features/vm/) 〇 在此需說 明的是，如上所述，虛擬記憶體係以分頁檔的形式存在，因此在 步驟204中，作業系統乃是以檔案為單位來存取儲存有分頁檔的 隨機存取記憶體108(“D··”磁碟）’與處理器15〇以邏輯區塊^址 • (Logical Block Address，LBA)存取主記憶體的方式不同。 在圖2B所示的實施例中，首先在步驟22〇，電腦裝置1〇之 作業系統將固態硬碟1〇〇中快閃記憶體106與隨機存取記憶體1〇8 作為兩不同的邏輯磁碟，例如“c:”磁碟與“D:”磁碟。在步驟 中，快閃記憶體106(“C:”磁碟)儲存有執行作業系統所^之程 碼。這些執行作業系統(例如開機)所需要的程式碼，以 作業糸統的原始设定來s兒’一般也就是位於c:\wind〇WS。而_ 理器150可依據快閃記憶體106C‘C:”磁碟)所儲存的程式碼執行ς 201122997 ~ 業系統，但在作業系統運作期間，會額外產生一些暫存檔案，以 Windows XP健祕_始設絲說，也献位於CAtemp或是 C:\Wind〇WS\temP底下的檔案。而在本實施例中，以wind〇ws χρ 作業系統為例’可利用環境變數的設定，將％Temp%、％Tmp%設 疋在隨機存取記憶體108(“D:”磁碟），藉此在步驟224中，windows XP作業系統會將其產生的暫存檔儲存在隨機存取記憶體1〇8(“D:，， 磁碟）’關於環境變數的設定’進一步可參閱Micr〇s〇ft公司的技術 文件.How To Manage Environment Variables in Windows XP” φ (http://suPPort.microsoft com/kb/310519/en-us)。而在 Linux 作業系 統中，一般來說，當系統執行時，需要暫時記錄部分資料或存放 一些暫存檔，都會放置在目錄“/tmp„裡，而在此實施例中便可將 目錄/top”設定在在隨機存取記憶體1〇8(“D·，’磁碟）^基本上，只 要不想佔用主記憶體空間，又不需要保留在快閃記憶體 106(“C:，， 磁碟)的檔案，即可依此方式存放於隨機存取記憶體1〇8(“D:”磁 碟）。 在圖2C所示的實施例中，首先在步驟240，電腦裝置1〇之 作業系統將固態硬碟1〇〇中快閃記憶體與隨機存取記憶體1〇8 作為兩不同的邏輯磁碟，例如“c:”磁碟與“D:”磁碟。在步驟242 :，快閃記憶體106儲存執行一應用程式（例如ph〇t〇sh〇p、 攄、或是IntemetEXPl〇rer)所需之程式碼。而處理器150可依 ^閃6己憶體1G6所儲存的程式碼執行顧程式，但執行應用程 ^广間，會額外產生—些暫存檔案。若在WIND〇ws χρ的作業 it ί中，如上所述，可利用環境變數的設定，將％TemP%、〇/〇Tmp% 夂在心機存取記憶體丨〇8(“D:”)後，因此在步驟244中，大部分 IS) 108^用長式亦可藉此將其暫存樓儲存在隨機存取記憶體 (“D:”)。但某些應用程式則需要另外設定，例如Internet Expk)rer 9 201122997 ‘中對於“Temporary Intemet Files”的設定，或是在w⑽中對於 ‘,‘.asd “檔案(自動回復檔案)的設定。而在以職作業系统中―般 來說，當應用程式執行時，若需要暫時記錄部分資料或存放 暫存檔’一般也都會放置在目錄“/tmp”裡，而在此實施例中，便; 將目錄“/tmp”設定在在隨機存取記憶體1〇8(“D:”磁碟）。 雖然本發明已以實施例揭露如上，然其並非用以限定本發 明’任何具有本發明所屬技術領域之通常知識者，在不脫離本發It _ random access memory in the hard disk, and avoid using the flash memory; extend the life of the flash memory. , 匕 && green random access memory, with the faster speed of the wire, can also increase the performance of the computer device. , % 隐 卞 四 (4), (4) μ ^ 卜 (10) access memory is "volatile" waste of storage space. The "checking case" is not in the invention - the embodiment, the computer device comprises a solid state hard disk, the processor. The solid state hard disk contains a housing and a quick-release random access. It is placed in the _. Random access (4) is a different memory body = external 'operation system will flash memory and random access memory logical disk' and access random access memory μ in the case of two computer devices In another embodiment of the present invention, in the embodiment of the present invention, the virtual device of the above-mentioned 201122997 and the object (4) includes a solid state hard disk and an operating system random access memory is placed in the casing. The flash memory and the program code required for storing the fine operation system are used to store the temporary storage slot generated during the execution of the operating system. The JU crane is the unit storage transfer memory. In another embodiment, the above-mentioned computer device uses a solid-state hard disk and stores the code required for the execution of the system (4) in the flash memory, and the storage device (4) The temporary storage age is _Wei memory. Programs;; ΓΤ, computer devices include solid-state hard drives and execution applications ίί: ΐ: two contain the shell and the flash memory set in the shell flash (10) pure, _ handle code random access The memory is used to store the temporary files generated during the execution of the application. In another embodiment of the present invention, a method of using a solid state hard disk in the above computer device includes: storing a code required to execute an application in a flash memory and storing a temporary storage generated during execution of the application The file is in random access and recall. The objects, features, and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the description of the appended claims. "201122997 [Embodiment] FIG. 1 shows a basic architecture diagram of a computer-installed S 10 in the present invention. In this embodiment, the solid-state hard disk system is used as a computer storage device, and the computer device 10 can be a personal electric device or a notebook computer. For example, refer to the Sony vaiox series VPCX115, L_0 ThinkPad T40〇s series 2815RW8. The ACER Timeline 3810T series 352G08n, the ACERAspireone series are modified by 黯, etc., especially the part of the ten solid state hard disk, and the description of the embodiment of the present invention can be referred to. The computer device 10 has a processor 15 such as an Intel SU35, an Intd Z520, an Intel SP9600, etc., and the processor 15 is a computer device 1 that executes a job (such as WINDOWS XP or Linux) and an application ( For example, the web browser Internet Explorer or Firefox, or the image processing program Ad〇be Photoshop 'or the word processing program Microsoft WORD). Further, in addition to the solid state hard disk 100, the computer device 1 may have other storage devices, and the present invention is not intended to be limited. The solid state hard disk 100 includes a housing 102, a controller 1〇4, a flash memory 1〇6, and a random access memory 108. The controller 1〇4 can be an FPGA or an ASIC (for example, an ARM 7 32Bit microprocessor, not shown), and executes firmware to separately control the flash memory 106 and the random access memory 1〇8, In addition, the solid state drive 1 can also include a SATA or port interface 11 to communicate with the processor 150 on the motherboard (not shown) of the computer device 10, wherein the data on the solid state drive 100 can pass through the computer device. 1. The Direct Memory Access (DMA) controller on the motherboard is transferred to the main memory on the motherboard (all not shown), and the processor 15 reads from the main memory. In addition, the solid state drive can be disposed in the computer device as a fixed solid state drive, but can also be implemented as a portable solid state drive, and is implemented by the USB device (not shown) and the computer device 10. File transfer. 201122997 The flash memory 106 in the solid state hard disk 100 can be referred to the Transcend Transcend's 64Gb 2.5 4 SATA interface solid state hard disk and the US patents us Pat 5,404,485 and US Pat. 5,535,369, which are not described herein. The random access memory 1 8 in the hard disk 100 is preferably SDRAM, and its capacity is preferably above, but the invention is not intended to be limited. In this example, the controller 1〇4 is used to determine the size of the flash memory gamma and the random access record 1G8, and provides a partition table (pa she soup (five) to the operating system ^ whereby the secret will flash flash The medulla 1G6 and the random access memory 108 are regarded as discs, "c:', _ and "D:', _, their flash memory rmn) and can be stepped into the boot disk. f indicates that other logic disks can also be included under the power system, and as the boot magnetic broadcaster hugs ^^ computer device (1) _ magnetic shot _ 记龙 106 face Γ 因此 因此 因此 因此The controller 104 can record the random access time, and the controller can also access the memory memory 1〇8 by flash memory Zhaojia===. 2A to 2C, in conjunction with FIG. 1, the embodiment of the present invention is described in the following. First, in the step, the computer phantom Γο 悲 碟 碟 〇〇 〇〇 〇〇 〇〇 〇〇 〇〇 快106 and the logical disk in the random memory block 202, such as "C:" disk and "D:, disk. Seal" system security random access memory, $ fixed; virtual memory. The 0WSXP operating system is stored in the random access memory 1〇8 (also referred to as “201122997 pagefile.sys” (also known as paging file). In other words, the operating system of the computer device 10 is placed in the main memory for too long. Or, if there is no more urgent data, move the random access memory 1〇8 of the solid state hard disk. Compared with the conventional solid state hard disk with only flash memory, if the virtual memory is set In the flash memory, the number of accesses to the flash memory is greatly increased, and the life of the solid state hard disk is greatly reduced. For the description of the virtual δ mnemonic or the paging file, refer to the φ technical file of Microsoft Corporation. To configure paging files for optimization and 腾very in Windows χρ” (http://sup Port.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;314482&x=l l&y=15) 'Or Red Hat's technical documentation, written by N〇rm Murray and Ndl H〇rman “Understanding Virtud Memory,, (http://www.redhat.com/magazine/001nov04/features/vm/) 需 It should be noted that, as described above, the virtual memory system exists in the form of a paging file, so in step 204 The operating system accesses the random access memory 108 ("D··" disk) stored with the paging file in the file unit and the logical block address of the processor 15 (Logical Block Address) , LBA) access to the main memory is different. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2B, first in step 22, the operating system of the computer device 1 will flash the flash memory 106 in the solid state hard disk 1 and random. Access memory 1〇8 as two different logical disks, such as “c:” disk and “D:” disk. In the step, flash memory 106 (“C:” disk) is stored for execution. The code of the operating system. The code required to execute the operating system (such as booting) is based on the original settings of the operating system. 'Generally, it is located at c:\wind〇WS. The processor 150 can execute the code stored in the flash memory 106C'C:" disk), but during the operation of the operating system, Additional temporary files will be generated, in order to use Windows XP, as well as files located under CAtemp or C:\Wind〇WS\temP. In the present embodiment, taking the wind〇ws χρ operating system as an example, the %Temp% and %Tmp% can be set in the random access memory 108 ("D:" disk) by setting the environment variable. In this way, in step 224, the Windows XP operating system stores the temporary archive generated by it in the random access memory 1〇8 ("D:,, disk"' setting regarding the environment variable'. Further, refer to Micr〇s. 〇ft company's technical file. How To Manage Environment Variables in Windows XP” φ (http://suPPort.microsoft com/kb/310519/en-us). In the Linux operating system, in general, when the system is executed, it is necessary to temporarily record some data or store some temporary archives, which will be placed in the directory "/tmp", and in this embodiment, the directory /top" Set in random access memory 1〇8 ("D·, 'Disk"^ basically, as long as you do not want to occupy the main memory space, you do not need to keep in flash memory 106 ("C:,, disk" The file can be stored in the random access memory 1〇8 ("D:" disk) in this manner. In the embodiment shown in Fig. 2C, first in step 240, the operating system of the computer device 1 Use the solid state drive 1 flash memory and random access memory 1〇8 as two different logical disks, such as “c:” disk and “D:” disk. In step 242: The flash memory 106 stores the code required to execute an application (for example, ph〇t〇sh〇p, 摅, or IntemetEXPl〇rer), and the processor 150 can store the program stored in the 1G6. The code executes the program, but when the application is executed, it will generate additional temporary files. If you are in WIND〇ws χρ In the job ί, as described above, the %TemP%, 〇/〇Tmp% can be used to access the memory 丨〇8 ("D:") after the setting of the environment variable, so in step 244 Most of the IS) 108^ can also be used to store its temporary storage in random access memory ("D:"). However, some applications require additional settings, such as Internet Expk)rer 9 201122997 'For the setting of "Temporary Intemet Files", or for the setting of ','.asd' file (automatic reply file) in w(10). In the job-based operating system, in general, when the application is executed, if it is necessary to temporarily record some data or store the temporary archive, it is generally placed in the directory "/tmp", and in this embodiment, The directory "/tmp" is set in the random access memory 1〇8 ("D:" disk). Although the present invention has been disclosed in the above embodiments, it is not intended to limit the invention to any one of ordinary skill in the art to which the invention pertains, without departing from the present invention.
明之精神和範圍内，當可作各種更動與潤飾，並可思揣其他不同 的實施例’因此本發明之保護範圍當視後附申請專利範圍所界定 者為準。 【圖式簡單說明】 圖1為本發明實施例之電腦裝置架構圖； 圖2A顯示本發明一實施例中之方法流程圖； 圖2B顯示本發明另一實施例中之方法流程圖；以及 圖2C顯示本發明又一實施例中之方法流程圖。 【主要元件符號說明】 10 電腦裝置 100 固態硬碟 102 殼體 104 控制器 106 快閃記憶體 108 隨機存取記憶 110 介面 150 處理器In the spirit and scope of the present invention, various changes and modifications may be made, and other different embodiments may be considered. The scope of the present invention is therefore defined by the scope of the appended claims. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a structural diagram of a computer device according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2A is a flowchart showing a method in an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2B is a flowchart showing a method in another embodiment of the present invention; 2C shows a flow chart of a method in still another embodiment of the present invention. [Main component symbol description] 10 Computer device 100 Solid state hard disk 102 Case 104 Controller 106 Flash memory 108 Random access memory 110 Interface 150 Processor