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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2017
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Kishore Kumar Muchherla, Fremont, CA (US);
Peter Feeley, Boise, ID (US);
Ashutosh Malshe, Fremont, CA (US);
Daniel J. Hubbard, Boise, ID (US);
Christopher S. Hale, Boise, ID (US);
Kevin R. Brandt, Boise, ID (US);
Sampath K. Ratnam, Boise, ID (US);
Yun Li, Fremont, CA (US);
Marc S. Hamilton, Eagle, ID (US);
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
A memory system includes a memory array having a plurality of memory cells; and a controller coupled to the memory array, the controller configured to: select a garbage collection (GC) source block storing valid data, calculate a valid data measure for the GC source block for representing an amount of the valid data within the GC source block, and designate a storage mode for an available memory block based on the valid data measure, wherein the storage mode is for controlling a number of bits stored per each of the memory cells for subsequent or upcoming data writes.