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US08484406B2 Method of evenly using a plurality of blocks of a flash memory, and associated memory device and controller thereof 有权
均匀地使用闪速存储器的多个块的方法,以及相关联的存储器件及其控制器

  • Patent Title: Method of evenly using a plurality of blocks of a flash memory, and associated memory device and controller thereof
  • Patent Title (中): 均匀地使用闪速存储器的多个块的方法,以及相关联的存储器件及其控制器
  • Application No.: US12566637
    Application Date: 2009-09-24
  • Publication No.: US08484406B2
    Publication Date: 2013-07-09
  • Inventor: Yang-Chih Shen
  • Applicant: Yang-Chih Shen
  • Applicant Address: TW Taiyuan St., Jhubei, Hsinchu County
  • Assignee: Silicon Motion Inc.
  • Current Assignee: Silicon Motion Inc.
  • Current Assignee Address: TW Taiyuan St., Jhubei, Hsinchu County
  • Agent Winston Hsu; Scott Margo
  • Priority: TW98106841A 20090303
  • Main IPC: G06F12/00
  • IPC: G06F12/00
Method of evenly using a plurality of blocks of a flash memory, and associated memory device and controller thereof
Abstract:
A method of evenly using a plurality of blocks of a Flash memory comprises: providing at least one threshold value, which is utilized for sieving out blocks suitable for use from the plurality of blocks according to erase counts of the plurality of blocks; and by comparing erase counts of at least a portion of the plurality of blocks with the threshold value, sieving out a specific block for use from the plurality of blocks according to a purpose of use. An associated memory device and a controller thereof are also provided, where the controller comprises: a ROM arranged to store a program code, wherein the controller is provided with the at least one threshold value through the program code; and a microprocessor arranged to execute the program code to control the access to the Flash memory. The controller sieves out the specific block according to the purpose of use.
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