Invention Grant
US08904089B2 Method for performing block management/Flash memory management, and associated memory device and controller thereof
有权
用于执行块管理/闪存管理的方法及其相关联的存储器件及其控制器
- Patent Title: Method for performing block management/Flash memory management, and associated memory device and controller thereof
- Patent Title (中): 用于执行块管理/闪存管理的方法及其相关联的存储器件及其控制器
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Application No.: US13211332Application Date: 2011-08-17
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Publication No.: US08904089B2Publication Date: 2014-12-02
- Inventor: Yang-Chih Shen
- Applicant: Yang-Chih Shen
- Applicant Address: TW Jhubei, Hsinchu County
- Assignee: Silicon Motion Inc.
- Current Assignee: Silicon Motion Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Jhubei, Hsinchu County
- Agent Winston Hsu; Scott Margo
- Priority: TW99147196A 20101231
- Main IPC: G06F12/02
- IPC: G06F12/02

Abstract:
A method for performing block management is provided. The method is applied to a controller of a Flash memory having multiple channels. The Flash memory includes a plurality of blocks respectively corresponding to the channels. The method includes: selecting at least one meta block having at least one valid page as at least one candidate meta block for being cleaned, and accumulating respective valid page counts of blocks respectively corresponding to the channels within the at least one candidate meta block, in order to generate a plurality of accumulated values respectively corresponding to the channels; and when it is detected that all of the accumulated values reach a threshold value, triggering a cleaning operation with regard to all candidate meta blocks, in order to simultaneously move/copy valid data respectively corresponding to the channels during the cleaning operation. An associated memory device and a controller thereof are also provided.
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