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- Patent Title: Wear leveling using multiple activity counters
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Application No.: US15069155Application Date: 2016-03-14
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Publication No.: US09864526B2Publication Date: 2018-01-09
- Inventor: Bum Hoe Koo , Nam Wook Kang , In Hwan Doh
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Gyeonggi-do
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: KR10-2015-0038404 20150319
- Main IPC: G06F3/06
- IPC: G06F3/06

Abstract:
A method of operating a memory controller which controls a non-volatile memory including a plurality of blocks is provided. The method includes determining an operation count for a first block among the plurality of blocks and avoiding successive wear-leveling on the first block based on the determined operation count thereof.
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