System and method for flash memory management
US8996790B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 29, 2012 |
| Grant date | Mar 31, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 8, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2212/7205
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method, a computer readable medium and a system for managing flash memory. The method may include receiving multiple data sectors from an interface; writing the multiple data sectors into a data buffer that is nonvolatile; creating a pointer in a data management structure that is stored in a metadata buffer that is nonvolatile, for each data sector corresponding to a storage location of the data sector in the data buffer; if a predefined condition is reached, merging data sectors stored in the data buffer with data sectors that are already stored in a sequential nonvolatile portion of the flash memory device, wherein the sequential nonvolatile portion differs from the data buffer.
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