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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2017
Silicon Motion Inc., Hsinchu, TW;
Tsai-Cheng Lin, Hsinchu, TW;
Chun-Kun Lee, Hsinchu, TW;
Silicon Motion Inc., Hsinchu County, TW;
Abstract
A memory apparatus includes at least one non-volatile memory element, which includes a plurality of physical blocks. A method for managing the memory apparatus includes: obtaining a first host address from a received first access command; linking the first host address to a first page of the physical block; obtaining a second host address from a received second access command; linking the second host address to a second page of the physical block; and selectively erasing a portion of the blocks according to a valid/invalid page count of the physical block corresponding to accessing pages of the physical block. A difference value of the first host address and the second host address is greater than a number of pages of the physical block.