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Data storage device and operating method thereof, wherein mapping table for valid data of source block that has not been copied to destination block has a higher priority than mapping information collected by reverse scanning from end of the destination block

US10783071B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Silicon Motion, Inc. · TW

Inventors

Ting-Hsing Wang · Taoyuan, TW
Yang Shen · Shanghai, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 20, 2018
Grant date	Sep 22, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 2, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2212/7205
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A data storage device with a non-volatile memory on which a garbage collection operation is segmented to be accomplished at separate time intervals. Host commands are inserted to be executed between the separate time intervals. A data swap stage or/and an F2H table update stage or/and an H2F table update stage for a garbage collection operation may be segmented to be performed at separate time intervals.

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