Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Embedded mapping information for memory devices
- Patent Title (中): 内存设备的映射信息
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Application No.: US12268879Application Date: 2008-11-11
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Publication No.: US08732388B2Publication Date: 2014-05-20
- Inventor: Frank Chen , Yuan Rong , Zhao Wei
- Applicant: Frank Chen , Yuan Rong , Zhao Wei
- Applicant Address: US ID Boise
- Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US ID Boise
- Agency: Dicke, Billig & Czaja, PLLC
- Priority: CN200810149661 20080916
- Main IPC: G06F12/02
- IPC: G06F12/02

Abstract:
Memory modules and methods of operating memory modules embed mapping information within blocks of memory cells to which the mapping information pertains. In particular, when a page is written for a logical data block, that page includes a snapshot of the current mapping information for that logical data block. In this manner, the last valid physical page of a logical data block will contain a physical/logical mapping of that block. Thus, instead of scanning every valid page of the memory device to rebuild the mapping information, the memory module may scan only for the last valid physical page of each logical data block. Once the last valid physical page is discovered for a logical data block, the latest mapping information for that logical data block may be read from that page.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100070735A1 EMBEDDED MAPPING INFORMATION FOR MEMORY DEVICES Public/Granted day:2010-03-18
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