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- Patent Title: Storage devices including non-volatile memory and memory controller and methods of allocating write memory blocks
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Application No.: US13974627Application Date: 2013-08-23
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Publication No.: US09645918B2Publication Date: 2017-05-09
- Inventor: Hyun-Sik Yun , Younwon Park , Byung-Ki Lee , Do-Sam Kim
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR
- Agency: Myers Bigel, P.A.
- Priority: KR10-2012-0092912 20120824
- Main IPC: G06F12/00
- IPC: G06F12/00 ; G06F12/02

Abstract:
Storage devices including a flash memory and a memory controller, and write memory block allocating methods of the storage devices are provided. A write memory block allocating method may include storing a pre-allocation table in a Random Access Memory (RAM) of a memory controller. The pre-allocation table may include allocation order information of a pre-allocated memory block included in a flash memory. The method may also include receiving a write request from a host, determining whether a write memory block for the write request can be allocated according to the pre-allocation table and allocating the pre-allocated memory block as the write memory block according to the pre-allocation table when the write memory block can be allocated according to the pre-allocation table.
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