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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2016
Phison Electronics Corp., Miaoli, TW;
Kok-Yong Tan, Miaoli County, TW;
Horng-Sheng Yan, Penghu County, TW;
PHISON ELECTRONICS CORP., Miaoli, TW;
Abstract
A memory management method for a rewritable non-volatile memory module is provided. The memory management method includes receiving an adjust command from a host system, wherein the adjust command is configured to indicate that data stored in at least one logical unit of a plurality of logical units is invalid; updating a logical address status table according to the adjust command, wherein the logical address status table reflects a data status of the data stored in each of the logical units, wherein the data status includes a first state or a second state; and updating a physical address status table according to the logical address status table and the physical address status table if a predetermined condition is met, wherein the physical address status table reflects a data status of data stored in each of a plurality of physical programming units.