Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wear leveling technique for storage devices
- Patent Title (中): 用于存储设备的磨损均衡技术
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Application No.: US12437040Application Date: 2009-05-07
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Publication No.: US08051241B2Publication Date: 2011-11-01
- Inventor: Timothy R. Feldman , Jonathan W. Haines
- Applicant: Timothy R. Feldman , Jonathan W. Haines
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
- Current Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Westman, Champlin & Kelly, P.A.
- Agent Brian R. Morrison
- Main IPC: G06F12/00
- IPC: G06F12/00

Abstract:
A method for managing wear levels in a storage device having a plurality of data blocks, the method comprising moving data to data blocks having higher erasure counts based on a constraint on static wear levelness that tightens over at least a portion of the lives of the plurality of data blocks.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100287328A1 WEAR LEVELING TECHNIQUE FOR STORAGE DEVICES Public/Granted day:2010-11-11
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