Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of handling host write commands requesting to write dummy pattern on flash memory and related memory controller and storage system
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Application No.: US18122134Application Date: 2023-03-16
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Publication No.: US12061792B1Publication Date: 2024-08-13
- Inventor: Meng-Hua Yang , Chia-Chi Liang
- Applicant: Silicon Motion, Inc.
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu County
- Assignee: Silicon Motion, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Silicon Motion, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu County
- Agent Winston Hsu
- Main IPC: G06F3/06
- IPC: G06F3/06 ; G06F12/1009

Abstract:
A method for use in a flash memory to handle host write commands includes: performing a dummy pattern detection while programing data into a specific section of a first block or a first super block of the flash memory; setting a dummy pattern indicator if all the data that is programmed to the specific section of the first block or the first super block of the flash memory corresponds to a predetermined dummy pattern; and in response to host write commands, modifying a host-to-flash (H2F) address mapping table regarding data that is requested by the host write commands to be programmed to a second block or a second super block of the flash memory without programming the data into the second super block or the second block to complete the host write commands if the dummy pattern indicator is set.
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