Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for mapping a logical address between memories of a storage drive based on write frequency rankings
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Application No.: US14872260Application Date: 2015-10-01
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Publication No.: US09727455B2Publication Date: 2017-08-08
- Inventor: Pantas Sutardja
- Applicant: Marvell World Trade Ltd.
- Applicant Address: BB St. Michael
- Assignee: Marvell World Trade Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Marvell World Trade Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: BB St. Michael
- Main IPC: G06F12/02
- IPC: G06F12/02 ; G11C16/34

Abstract:
A storage drive including a first and second memories and a controller. The second memory has a write cycle lifetime that is less than a write cycle lifetime of the first memory. Each of the first and second memories includes solid-state memory. The controller: determines a write frequency for a first logical address; and based on the write frequency, determines a write frequency ranking for the first logical address. The write frequency ranking is based on a weighted time-decay average of write counts or an average of elapsed times of write cycles. The controller also: determines whether the write frequency ranking is greater than a lowest write frequency ranking of logical addresses of the first memory; and if the write frequency ranking of the first logical address is greater, maps the logical address with the lowest write frequency ranking in the first memory to the second memory.
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