发明名称 |
Garbage Collection of Memory Blocks Using Volatile Memory |
摘要 |
A method and system for performing garbage collection operations on update blocks in a memory device using volatile memory is disclosed. When performing a garbage collection operation, a first part of the data related to the garbage collection operation is written to a volatile memory in the memory device, and a second part of the data related to the garbage collection operation is written to a non-volatile memory in the memory device. The first part of the data that is written to the volatile memory (such as a random access memory) may comprise control information (such as mapping information of the logical addressable unit to a physical metablock). The second part of the data related to the garbage collection that is written to the non-volatile memory (such as a flash memory) may comprise the consolidated data in the update block. |
申请公布号 |
US2012005406(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2012.01.05 |
申请号 |
US20100828244 |
申请日期 |
2010.06.30 |
申请人 |
HUTCHISON NEIL DAVID;SPROUSE STEVEN |
发明人 |
HUTCHISON NEIL DAVID;SPROUSE STEVEN |
分类号 |
G06F12/02;G06F17/30 |
主分类号 |
G06F12/02 |
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