Apparatus and method for managing nonvolatile memory
US7882300B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 2, 2007 |
| Grant date | Feb 1, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 20, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2212/7211
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A nonvolatile-memory-management includes a generation unit that generates a free block list by arranging an entry including representative information of a group, of which free blocks adjacent to each other are grouped according to predetermined criteria, according to key values where the representative information are combined, a determination unit that determines parameters according to characteristics of data to be recorded, and a block-allocating unit that allocates free blocks satisfying the parameters as an area to be recorded with the data by referring to the free block list.
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