In-situ block folding for nonvolatile memory
US8886877B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | May 15, 2014 |
| Grant date | Nov 11, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 15, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11C2211/5641
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a nonvolatile memory, hybrid blocks are initially written with only lower page data. The hybrid blocks later have middle and upper page data written. For high speed writes, data is written to a hybrid block and two or more Single Level Cell (SLC) blocks. The data from the SLC blocks are copied to the hybrid block at a later time in a folding operation.
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