Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reporting available physical storage space of non-volatile memory array
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Application No.: US16042960Application Date: 2018-07-23
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Publication No.: US10795604B2Publication Date: 2020-10-06
- Inventor: Michal Silbermintz , David Haliva , Gadi Vishne
- Applicant: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Loza & Loza, LLP
- Agent Gabriel Fitch
- Main IPC: G06F3/06
- IPC: G06F3/06

Abstract:
The disclosure relates in some aspects to reporting the amount of available physical storage space of a non-volatile memory (NVM) array. A device including an NVM array may send reports regarding the amount of available physical storage space in the non-volatile memory device to a host device or some other suitable apparatus. The amount of available physical storage space takes into account whether any of the physical address blocks of the NVM array have been designated as worn-out. The host device (or other suitable apparatus) may send a report to a user when the amount of available physical storage space is relatively low.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200026457A1 REPORTING AVAILABLE PHYSICAL STORAGE SPACE OF NON-VOLATILE MEMORY ARRAY Public/Granted day:2020-01-23
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