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Garbage collection adapted to host write activity

US11074177B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Micron Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Deping He · Boise, US
Qing Liang · Boise, US
David Aaron Palmer · Boise, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 19, 2019
Grant date	Jul 27, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 21, 2040

Classification

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

Abstract

Systems and methods for adapting garbage collection (GC) operations in a memory device to a host write activity are described. A host write progress can be represented by an actual host write count relative to a target host write count. The host write activity may be estimated in a unit time such as per day, or accumulated over a specified time period. A memory controller can adjust an amount of memory space to be freed by a GC operation according to the host write progress. The memory controller can also dynamically reallocate a portion of the memory cells between a single level cell (SLC) cache and a multi-level cell (MLC) storage according to the host write progress.

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