Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Data storage device and flash memory control method
- Patent Title (中): 数据存储设备和闪存控制方法
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Application No.: US14096740Application Date: 2013-12-04
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Publication No.: US09329992B2Publication Date: 2016-05-03
- Inventor: Chia-Chien Wu , Yu-Chih Lin , Yen-Hung Lin
- Applicant: Silicon Motion, Inc.
- Applicant Address: TW Jhubei
- Assignee: Silicon Motion, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Silicon Motion, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Jhubei
- Agency: Wang Law Firm, Inc.
- Main IPC: G06F11/00
- IPC: G06F11/00 ; G06F12/02 ; G06F11/07 ; G06F21/00 ; G06F12/14
Abstract:
A data storage device using a FLASH memory with replay-protected blocks. The storage space of the FLASH memory is divided into blocks and each block is further divided into pages. A controller is provided in the data storage device to couple to the FLASH memory. The controller manages at least one replay-protected memory block of the FLASH memory. The controller programs two pages into the at least one replay-protected memory block and each page is programmed with a write count of the at least one replay-protected memory block.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150154110A1 Data Storage Device and Flash Memory Control Method Public/Granted day:2015-06-04
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