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Memory controller and memory system for allocating memory based on the ratio of hot/cold pages

US12086437B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 4, 2022
Grant dateSep 10, 2024
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Expiry dateOct 13, 2042

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/0685
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present technology relates to an electronic device. According to the present technology, a memory controller may include an attribute determiner configured to determine an attribute of each of a plurality of pages included in a first external device to indicate one of a hot page and a cold page, based on an access interval which is an interval from a time at which data is stored in each of the pages to a time at which access to the data is requested, a page analyzer configured to determine a ratio of hot pages having a hot page attribute to the plurality of pages, and a memory allocator configured to control one of the first external device and the second external device to store therein externally provided data based on the ratio of hot pages.

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