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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
May. 31, 2016
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Dimin Niu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mu-Tien Chang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Hongzhong Zheng, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Kyung-Chang Ryoo, Seongnam-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G11C 11/406 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G11C 14/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/40618 (2013.01); G06F 12/023 (2013.01); G11C 14/00 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1044 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7211 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of wear leveling for a storage device or a memory device includes: receiving an inputted memory address; randomizing the inputted memory address to be a randomized memory address; and periodically reassigning the randomized memory address to be a different memory address.