Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Yang Woo Roh

Jong Won Lee

In Hwan Doh

Min Seok Ko

Se Jeong Jang

Jae Sub Kim

In Hae Kang

Dae Ok Kim

Joo Young Hwang

Bum Hoe Koo

Jeong Beom Seo

Dong Heon Ryu

Min Chan Kim

Yun Seok Kang

Kyung Wook Ye

A storage device comprises a nonvolatile memory configured to store data that is written in size units of a mapping size, and a storage controller configured to transmit a command to the nonvolatile memory. The storage controller includes a host interface configured to receive a write command from a host device, the write command including a command to write first data to a first address, the first data having a first size smaller than the mapping size. The storage controller includes processing circuitry configured to transmit a read command to the nonvolatile memory, to cause the nonvolatile memory to read second data stored in the nonvolatile memory addressed based on the first address, in response to a determination that the first size is smaller than the mapping size and before the first data is received at the storage controller through the host interface.

Storage devices and methods for operating the devices

An open channel solid state drive includes a flash memory including a first block and a controller which controls the flash memory, the controller receiving write data and a physical address of the first block from a host and attempting a write of the data in the first block. The controller generates first data which is not written in the first block among the write data when a power-off occurs during writing attempt. The write data includes the first data and second data already written in the first block. The controller determines whether successive writing of the first data in the first block is possible or impossible. If the successive writing is possible, the controller successively writes the data in the first block. If the successive writing is impossible, the host or the controller writes the first data and the second data in a second block of the flash memory.

Open channel solid state drive, nonvolatile memory system including the same and method of power loss protection of open channel solid state drive

A storage device includes a non-volatile memory; a plurality of cores; a host interface configured to receive a first set command, an I/O command, and an ADMIN command from a host; and a storage controller including a command distribution module configured to be set to a first state according to the first set command, and distribute the I/O command to the plurality of cores according to the set first state. Each of the plurality of cores may be configured to perform an operation instructed by the I/O command and an operation instructed by the ADMIN command on the non-volatile memory in response to the distributed I/O command.

Storage device and storage system including the same

A swapping method performed using a data processing device, which includes a processor including a plurality of cores, the swapping method including searching for an empty page of a swap memory in response to the swap memory being connected to the data processing device, the search being performed by using at least one core of the plurality of cores, selecting a page to be swapped from a main memory of the data processing device, the selection being performed by using the at least one core by accessing a corresponding main memory list among a plurality of main memory lists, and swapping data of the page selected to be swapped to the empty page, the swapping being performed by using the at least one core.

Non-volatile memory device, a data processing device using the same, and a swapping method used by the data processing and non-volatile memory devices

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Yang Woo Roh