Memory storage device and control method thereof
US8909846B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 21, 2009 |
| Grant date | Dec 9, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 23, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2212/7211
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A control method of a memory storage device for writing an updated data from a host to the memory storage device is provided. The memory storage device provides storage space which is divided into a plurality of physical blocks to access the updated data. The control method includes the following steps: first, determining whether the updated data is a hot data or not; finally, storing the less updated data which is not the hot data into the physical block which has the higher erase counts according to the result of above determination.
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