WO2008042592A3 - Phased garbage collection - Google Patents

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WO2008042592A3
WO2008042592A3 PCT/US2007/078817 US2007078817W WO2008042592A3 WO 2008042592 A3 WO2008042592 A3 WO 2008042592A3 US 2007078817 W US2007078817 W US 2007078817W WO 2008042592 A3 WO2008042592 A3 WO 2008042592A3
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garbage collection
phased garbage
write
phased
metablock
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Sergey Anatolievich Gorobets
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Sandisk Corp
Sergey Anatolievich Gorobets
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Priority claimed from US11/541,371 external-priority patent/US7444463B2/en
Priority claimed from US11/540,778 external-priority patent/US7464216B2/en
Application filed by Sandisk Corp, Sergey Anatolievich Gorobets filed Critical Sandisk Corp
Publication of WO2008042592A2 publication Critical patent/WO2008042592A2/en
Publication of WO2008042592A3 publication Critical patent/WO2008042592A3/en

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F12/00—Accessing, addressing or allocating within memory systems or architectures
    • G06F12/02—Addressing or allocation; Relocation
    • G06F12/0223—User address space allocation, e.g. contiguous or non contiguous base addressing
    • G06F12/023—Free address space management
    • G06F12/0238—Memory management in non-volatile memory, e.g. resistive RAM or ferroelectric memory
    • G06F12/0246—Memory management in non-volatile memory, e.g. resistive RAM or ferroelectric memory in block erasable memory, e.g. flash memory
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F12/00—Accessing, addressing or allocating within memory systems or architectures
    • G06F12/02—Addressing or allocation; Relocation
    • G06F12/0223—User address space allocation, e.g. contiguous or non contiguous base addressing
    • G06F12/023—Free address space management
    • G06F12/0253—Garbage collection, i.e. reclamation of unreferenced memory
    • G06F12/0269—Incremental or concurrent garbage collection, e.g. in real-time systems
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F2212/00—Indexing scheme relating to accessing, addressing or allocation within memory systems or architectures
    • G06F2212/72—Details relating to flash memory management
    • G06F2212/7203—Temporary buffering, e.g. using volatile buffer or dedicated buffer blocks
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F2212/00—Indexing scheme relating to accessing, addressing or allocation within memory systems or architectures
    • G06F2212/72—Details relating to flash memory management
    • G06F2212/7205—Cleaning, compaction, garbage collection, erase control

Abstract

A method for phased garbage collection is described, the method including receiving a write command to write a memory write to a metablock, performing a first portion of a garbage collection operation, and storing the memory write in a buffer portion of the metablock.
PCT/US2007/078817 2006-09-29 2007-09-19 Phased garbage collection WO2008042592A2 (en)

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US11/541,371 US7444463B2 (en) 2006-09-29 2006-09-29 System for phased garbage collection with state indicators
US11/540,778 US7464216B2 (en) 2006-09-29 2006-09-29 Method for phased garbage collection with state indicators
US11/541,371 2006-09-29
US11/540,778 2006-09-29

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US20050141312A1 (en) * 2003-12-30 2005-06-30 Sinclair Alan W. Non-volatile memory and method with non-sequential update block management
US20060161728A1 (en) * 2005-01-20 2006-07-20 Bennett Alan D Scheduling of housekeeping operations in flash memory systems

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US20050141312A1 (en) * 2003-12-30 2005-06-30 Sinclair Alan W. Non-volatile memory and method with non-sequential update block management
US20060161728A1 (en) * 2005-01-20 2006-07-20 Bennett Alan D Scheduling of housekeeping operations in flash memory systems

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