Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Hyunjoon Yoo

Seunghan Lee

Dongouk Moon

Kyoungeun Lee

Heeseok Eun

Soo-Young Ji

Jinwook Lee

Kyungduk Lee

Heon Jekal

Seo-Hyun Shin

Provided is a system and method for migrating data. The method includes: receiving data, read count information about the data, and write count information about the data; selecting at least one memory block among a plurality of memory blocks based on a wear level of a plurality of memory blocks and the read count information and the write count information; and storing the data in the at least one memory block.

System and method for improved memory allocation and management

A computational storage device that is configured to be electrically connected to a host, comprising: a power management integrated circuit that is configured to distribute power; a storage that is configured to store data using a first voltage provided from the power management integrated circuit; a computing module that is configured to perform an operation that is allocated by the host using a second voltage provided from the power management integrated circuit; and a performance monitoring module that is configured to monitor a first workload, a first amount of computation, and/or a first power state of the storage and/or is configured to monitor a second workload, a second amount of computation, and/or a second power state of the computing module and is configured to send a request for additional power to the host based on a monitoring result that is generated by the performance monitoring module.

Computational storage devices and power management methods thereof

A storage device is provided. The storage device includes: a nonvolatile memory including memory cells divided into first and second memory cell groups; a memory controller; and a physically unclonable function (PUF) circuit configured to generate PUF data, based on an output of the second memory cell group, by excluding, from the output of the second memory cell group, outputs of a first exclusion area, a second exclusion area, and a third exclusion area, The first exclusion area has a threshold voltage equal to or greater than a first read level and less than a second read level, the second exclusion area has a threshold voltage less than a third read level that is less than the first read level, and the third exclusion area has a threshold voltage equal to or greater than a fourth read level that is greater than the second read level.

Storage device and operating method thereof

A storage system includes: an interconnector; a plurality of storage devices connected to the interconnector and configured to store data; a host device connected to the interconnector, and configured to: set a plurality of erasure coding schemes that are different from each other, and determine a target erasure coding scheme corresponding to original data to be stored in the plurality of storage devices among the plurality of erasure coding schemes, based on device characteristics of the plurality of storage devices or data characteristics of the original data; and an erasure coding controller configured to: divide the original data into a plurality of data blocks corresponding to the target erasure coding scheme, and generate one or more parity blocks corresponding to the target erasure coding scheme, by encoding the plurality of data blocks.

Method of data recovery and storage system performing the same

A storage device configured to be connected to a redundant array of inexpensive disk (RAID) controller includes a plurality of non-volatile memories. A memory controller is configured to control the plurality of non-volatile memories to store data distributed by the RAID controller based on a RAID configuration signal received from the RAID controller. The memory controller is configured to perform self-diagnosis on the plurality of non-volatile memories to determine whether at least one of the plurality of non-volatile memories has an uncorrectable error when a RAID configuration signal is deactivated.

Storage device performing self-diagnosis and storage system including the same

A storage device including: a non-volatile memory device including at least one memory die, wherein the at least one memory die includes a plurality of memory regions, each region inputting and outputting a first data signal and a second data signal; and a memory controller including an eye open monitoring (EOM) circuit configured to perform a first EOM operation of generating first EOM information based on the first data signal and a second EOM operation of generating second EOM information based on of the second data signal of at least one of the regions, and configured to compare the second EOM information with the first EOM information, and control the at least one memory die based on a result of the comparison of the first EOM information and the second EOM information.

Storage device with eye open monitoring (EOM) circuit and method to control

In a method of writing data in a storage device, a data write request is received from a host device. Spatial information is received from a spatial sensor included in the storage device based on the data write request. A logical storage area management table is updated based on the data write request and the spatial information such that target data to be stored is written into a target storage area corresponding to the spatial information among a plurality of logical storage areas. A program command and the target data are transmitted to a nonvolatile memory such that the target data is programmed into a physical storage area in the nonvolatile memory corresponding to the target storage area.

Method of writing data in storage device and method of reading data from storage device using sensor information, storage device performing the same and method of operating storage device using the same

A storage device includes: a controller that exchanges data with a host through an interface; memory devices that store the data; a power supply circuit that outputs internal voltages, required for the controller and the memory devices, using an external voltage received through the interface; a distribution circuit that provides an operating voltage to the memory devices; and a discharge circuit including a first comparator that compares a first internal voltage, among the internal voltages, with a reference voltage and a second comparator that compares a second internal voltage, different from the first internal voltage, with the reference voltage, and including an operating circuit that computes an output of the first comparator and an output of the second comparator to output a discharge control signal determining whether the operating voltage has been discharged.

Storage device and method of discharging an operating voltage

A storage device includes a nonvolatile memory device (NVM) and a storage controller. The NVM includes a first region configured to store user data and a second region not allocated to a user. The storage controller is configured to be connected with a host device through both a first-type bus and a second-type bus different from the first-type bus. The storage controller is configured to receive a first and second request from the host device through the first-type bus. In response to the first request, the storage controller is configured to perform an operation on the NVM. In response to the second request, the storage controller is configured to store first data associated with the storage device in the second region and access the second-type bus to obtain second data of at least one external device obtained by the host device and store the second data in the second region.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Hyunjoon Yoo