Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Yonghwan Song

Min-Woo Kim

Jun-Ho Jang

Wan-Soo Choi

Woonjae Chung

A user device includes a storage device including a flash memory; and a host connected to the storage device via an interface and adapted to transmit data to the storage device. The host provides the storage device with erase count information of the flash memory using a host flash translation layer (FTL), provides the storage device with reprogram information when the flash memory uses a reprogram method, or provides the storage device with page offset information of an open block of the flash memory.

User device having a host flash translation layer (FTL), a method for transferring an erase count thereof, a method for transferring reprogram information thereof, and a method for transferring a page offset of an open block thereof

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Yonghwan Song