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Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020

Filed:

Jul. 03, 2018
Applicant:

Shenzhen Epostar Electronics Limited Co., Shenzhen, CN;

Inventors:

Yu-Hua Hsiao, Hsinchu County, TW;

Chia-Wei Chang, Kaohsiung, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G11C 29/52 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1068 (2013.01); G06F 3/0616 (2013.01); G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0647 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G06F 12/0253 (2013.01); G11C 29/52 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1036 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7205 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7211 (2013.01);
Abstract

A memory management method for a storage device having a rewritable non-volatile memory module is provided, wherein the rewritable non-volatile memory module has a plurality of physical units, and each of the physical units has a plurality of word-lines. The method includes: performing a first checking operation on a target physical unit among the physical units according to an occurrence of a specific event; and determining whether a first operation needs to be performed on valid data in the target physical unit according to a checking result of the first checking operation that corresponds to the target physical unit.


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