Storage device including buffer and main memories, and user device including the same
US10120794B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 12, 2016 |
| Grant date | Nov 6, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 30, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11C7/1096
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A storage device includes a nonvolatile memory including a buffer region and a main region, and a memory controller responsive to a write request to store successively received blocks of write data at the nonvolatile memory. The memory controller is configured to initially store blocks among the successively received blocks of write data in the main region of the nonvolatile memory, and to subsequently store remaining blocks among the successively receive blocks of write data in the buffer region when a continuity count exceeds a reference count. The continuity count denotes a number of times a data size of the successively received blocks consecutively equals or exceeds a reference data size.
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