Directed sanitization of memory
US10452532B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 12, 2017 |
| Grant date | Oct 22, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 11, 2038 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02D10/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for directed sanitization of memory. One example method comprises, responsive to receiving a sanitization command, performing a deterministic garbage collection operation on a memory, wherein performing the deterministic garbage collection operation results in physical erasure of all invalid data stored on the memory without losing valid data stored on the memory.
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