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Non volatile mass storage device with improved refresh algorithm

US10770128B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

Mark Anthony Golez · Folsom, US
David J. Pelster · Longmont, US
Xin Guo · Toronto, CA
Paul D. Ruby · Folsom, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 28, 2018
Grant date	Sep 8, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 28, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG11C2211/4063
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A refreshing method is described. The method includes recognizing a set of blocks of a non-volatile memory for refreshing and then refreshing a subset of the data within the blocks, where, invalid data within the blocks is not recognized for refreshing and a group of blocks whose oldest data has not aged for a pre-set time period is not recognized for refreshing.

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