Skhynix Inc.

Seoul National University

Hyokeun Lee

Hyuk-Jae Lee

Hyunmin Jung

Woojae Shin

Sunwoong Kim

Hyun Kyung Kim

Moonsoo Kim

A semiconductor memory device includes a memory device, a Read-Modify-Write (RMW) controller configured to generate a merge command corresponding to at least one command among a read command and a write command which are externally provided, to receive a processing result of the merge command, and to generate a response for the at least one command corresponding to the merge command. The semiconductor memory device further includes a memory controller configured to control the memory device by receiving the merge command and to provide the processing result of the merge command to the RMW controller.

Semiconductor memory device performing command merge operation and operation method thereof

A semiconductor device may include a media controller configured to output a write requested address when a write request to a nonvolatile memory device is provided from a host; and a cold address manager. The cold address manager may include a stack storing meta data for the write requested address, region information storage configured to manage addresses of the nonvolatile memory device with regions such that length of a region of the regions may vary after a predetermined period, a cold address detector configured to update the stack and the region information storage after the predetermined period and to detect whether an address of the nonvolatile memory device is a cold address, the cold address having write requests performed at less than a predetermined level.

Semiconductor device for managing cold addresses of nonvolatile memory device

A semiconductor device may include a media controller configured to output an address in response to receiving a write request for writing to a nonvolatile memory. The semiconductor device may also include a hot address detector. The hot address detector is configured to store a list including the address output from the media controller and including meta data related to the address, to update the meta data according to the address output from the media controller, to determine whether the address output from the media controller is a hot address, and to adjust a length of the list.

Semiconductor device for managing wear leveling operation of a nonvolatile memory device

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Hyokeun Lee