Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method, memory controller and storage device to perform garbage collection based on fragmentation ratio of blocks
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Application No.: US17455232Application Date: 2021-11-17
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Publication No.: US11698855B2Publication Date: 2023-07-11
- Inventor: Dongeun Shin , Jonghwa Kim , Alain Tran
- Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: F. Chau & Associates, LLC
- Priority: KR 20200185208 2020.12.28
- Main IPC: G06F12/02
- IPC: G06F12/02

Abstract:
An operating method of a memory controller configured to control a memory device including memory blocks each for storing a plurality of pages is provided. The operating method includes transferring a program command to the memory device based on a write request from a host, updating a valid page bitmap representing validity of a plurality of pages based on valid page information received from the memory device, calculating a fragmentation ratio representing a segmentation degree between at least one valid page and at least one invalid page of a memory block based on the valid page bitmap, determining source blocks among the memory blocks in ascending order of fragmentation ratios, and performing garbage collection on the source blocks.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220206938A1 MEMORY CONTROLLER AND STORAGE DEVICE EACH USING FRAGMENTATION RATIO, AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2022-06-30
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