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US08209487B2 Block update for flash memory utilizing a cache page and cache block 有权
使用缓存页面和高速缓存块对闪存进行块更新

  • Patent Title: Block update for flash memory utilizing a cache page and cache block
  • Patent Title (中): 使用缓存页面和高速缓存块对闪存进行块更新
  • Application No.: US12481800
    Application Date: 2009-06-10
  • Publication No.: US08209487B2
    Publication Date: 2012-06-26
  • Inventor: Tsai-Cheng Lin
  • Applicant: Tsai-Cheng Lin
  • Applicant Address: TW Jhubei, Hsinchu County
  • Assignee: Silicon Motion, Inc.
  • Current Assignee: Silicon Motion, Inc.
  • Current Assignee Address: TW Jhubei, Hsinchu County
  • Agency: Thomas|Kayden
  • Main IPC: G06F12/00
  • IPC: G06F12/00
Block update for flash memory utilizing a cache page and cache block
Abstract:
The invention discloses a flash memory apparatus, including a plurality of blocks and a memory controller. The blocks include a first block, wherein the first block includes a first page. The memory controller receives a first data to be written into the first page of the first block. When the first page has already been written to, the memory controller further selects one of the blocks as a first cache block, writes the first data into a first cache page of the first cache block and records the number of the first block and the number of the first page into the first cache page. The memory controller further updates the first block according to the number of the first block and the number of the first page recorded in the first cache page when receiving an update command.
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