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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2016
Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Yu-Ming Chang, Pingtung County, TW;
Yuan-Hao Chang, Taipei, TW;
Hsiu-Chang Chen, Tainan, TW;
Tei-Wei Kuo, New Taipei, TW;
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A memory management method includes: providing a hybrid memory comprising a first type memory and a second type memory; providing an inactive list and a read active list for recording in-used pages on the first type memory; providing a write active list for recording in-used pages on the second type memory; allocating a page from the first type memory according to a system request, and inserting the page into the inactive list accordingly; moving the page from the inactive list to the write active list or the read active list in response to two or more successive access operations on the page; and referring the page to a physical address on the second type memory when the page is in the write active list.