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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 30, 2014
Applicant:

Sandisk Technologies Llc, Addison, TX (US);

Inventors:

Shahar Bar-Or, Raanana, IL;

Vsevolod Mountaniol, Givataim, IL;

Assignee:

SanDisk Technologies LLC, Plano, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/06 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G11C 11/00 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01); G11C 11/406 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0638 (2013.01); G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G11C 11/005 (2013.01); G11C 11/5628 (2013.01); G11C 16/349 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1036 (2013.01); G06F 2212/205 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7201 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7208 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7211 (2013.01); G11C 11/406 (2013.01); G11C 11/5621 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system for using non-volatile memory as a replacement for volatile memory are provided. In one embodiment, a host is in communication with a memory system having volatile memory, a first non-volatile memory, and a second non-volatile memory, wherein the first non-volatile memory has a faster performance and a higher endurance than the second non-volatile memory. The host analyzes data to be stored in the volatile memory to determine if it should instead be stored in the first non-volatile memory. If the data should be stored in the volatile memory, the host stores the data in the volatile memory. If the data should be stored in the first non-volatile memory, the host stores the data in the first non-volatile memory.


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