MEMORY LIFE EXTENSION METHOD AND APPARATUS

摘要

A memory management method including the steps of storing a value and writing data. The storing a value step stores a value representative of a number of erase/write cycles that a subset of memory space of a first memory has undergone. The first memory having an assigned predetermined maximum number of erase/write cycles. The writing data step writes data to the subset of memory space dependent upon whether the value is below the predetermined maximum number.