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Advanced management of a non-volatile memory

US9372792B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 10, 2013
Grant dateJun 21, 2016
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Expiry dateAug 30, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2212/7204
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of managing a non-volatile memory module, the method may include: receiving data sectors during a set of at least one write transactions; selecting, out of the currently buffered portions, to-be-merged memory space portions and to-be-cleaned memory space portions; merging, for each to-be-merged memory space portion and before the buffer becomes full, data sectors that belong to the to-be-merged memory space portion into a sequential portion of the non-volatile memory module, wherein the sequential portion differs from the buffer; and copying, for each to-be-cleaned memory space and before the buffer becomes full, data sectors that belong to the to-be-cleaned memory space portion into a buffer block of the buffer.

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