Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wear leveling for storage or memory device
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Application No.: US15169590Application Date: 2016-05-31
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Publication No.: US10049717B2Publication Date: 2018-08-14
- Inventor: Dimin Niu , Mu-Tien Chang , Hongzhong Zheng , Kyung-Chang Ryoo
- 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: Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP
- Main IPC: G06F12/00
- IPC: G06F12/00 ; G11C11/406 ; G06F12/02 ; G11C14/00

Abstract:
A method of wear leveling for a storage device or a memory device includes: receiving an inputted memory address; randomizing the inputted memory address to be a randomized memory address; and periodically reassigning the randomized memory address to be a different memory address.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170256305A1 WEAR LEVELING FOR STORAGE OR MEMORY DEVICE Public/Granted day:2017-09-07
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