TWI346286B - Method and non-volatile memory storage system for phased garbage collection - Google Patents

Method and non-volatile memory storage system for phased garbage collection

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TWI346286B
TWI346286B TW096134956A TW96134956A TWI346286B TW I346286 B TWI346286 B TW I346286B TW 096134956 A TW096134956 A TW 096134956A TW 96134956 A TW96134956 A TW 96134956A TW I346286 B TWI346286 B TW I346286B
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volatile memory
storage system
memory storage
garbage collection
phased garbage
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TW096134956A
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Chinese (zh)
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TW200821830A (en
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Sergey Anatolievich Gorobets
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Sandisk Corp
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Priority claimed from US11/540,778 external-priority patent/US7464216B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/541,371 external-priority patent/US7444463B2/en
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F12/00—Accessing, addressing or allocating within memory systems or architectures
    • G06F12/02—Addressing or allocation; Relocation
    • G06F12/0223—User address space allocation, e.g. contiguous or non contiguous base addressing
    • G06F12/023—Free address space management
    • G06F12/0238—Memory management in non-volatile memory, e.g. resistive RAM or ferroelectric memory
    • G06F12/0246—Memory management in non-volatile memory, e.g. resistive RAM or ferroelectric memory in block erasable memory, e.g. flash memory
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F12/00—Accessing, addressing or allocating within memory systems or architectures
    • G06F12/02—Addressing or allocation; Relocation
    • G06F12/0223—User address space allocation, e.g. contiguous or non contiguous base addressing
    • G06F12/023—Free address space management
    • G06F12/0253—Garbage collection, i.e. reclamation of unreferenced memory
    • G06F12/0269—Incremental or concurrent garbage collection, e.g. in real-time systems
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F2212/00—Indexing scheme relating to accessing, addressing or allocation within memory systems or architectures
    • G06F2212/72—Details relating to flash memory management
    • G06F2212/7203—Temporary buffering, e.g. using volatile buffer or dedicated buffer blocks
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F2212/00—Indexing scheme relating to accessing, addressing or allocation within memory systems or architectures
    • G06F2212/72—Details relating to flash memory management
    • G06F2212/7205—Cleaning, compaction, garbage collection, erase control
TW096134956A 2006-09-29 2007-09-19 Method and non-volatile memory storage system for phased garbage collection TWI346286B (en)

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US11/540,778 US7464216B2 (en) 2006-09-29 2006-09-29 Method for phased garbage collection with state indicators
US11/541,371 US7444463B2 (en) 2006-09-29 2006-09-29 System for phased garbage collection with state indicators

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