Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Hyun Joon Cha

Taeho Kim

Jaewon Kim

Sangmin Yi

Daehyun Cho

Chulmin Kim

Hyunchul Seok

Sooyong Suk

Yongtaek Lee

Hyunkyu Lee

Mooncheol Kang

An electronic device and a control method for controlling a memory are provided. An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure may comprise: a housing; a communication circuit; at least one processor operatively connected to the communication circuit; a non-volatile memory operatively connected to the processor and configured to store at least one file; and a volatile memory operatively connected to the processor, wherein the non-volatile memory stores instructions configured, when executed, to cause the processor to establish a first area and a second area on the volatile memory; store only first type data associated with the at least one file in the first area; store the first type data and/or store at least one second type data that is not associated with the at least one file, in the second area; receive a request for storing one of the at least one second type data, which exceeds a selected threshold value; and when the request is received, cause the first area to be in a state for storing the one of the at least one second type data, instead of the first type data.

Electronic device and control method for controlling memory

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Hyun Joon Cha