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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2016
Applicant:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventor:
Frank T. Hady, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7201 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7211 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided are an apparatus and method for processing sequential writes to a block group of physical blocks in a memory device. Sequential write data for a plurality of consecutive logical addresses is received and a determination is made of consecutive physical blocks comprising a block group. Each of the physical blocks has data for a plurality of the consecutive logical addresses. The sequential write data is written to consecutive physical data locations having data for the determined consecutive physical blocks of the block group. The block group metadata for the block group is updated.