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Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 07, 2016
Applicant:

Via Technologies, Inc., New Taipei, TW;

Inventors:

Ying-Yu Tai, Mountain View, CA (US);

Jiangli Zhu, San Jose, CA (US);

Jiin Lai, New Taipei, TW;

Assignee:

VIA Technologies, Inc., New Taipei, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/10 (2016.01); G06F 12/1009 (2016.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/1009 (2013.01); G06F 3/064 (2013.01); G06F 3/0616 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1032 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1036 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7201 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7205 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7211 (2013.01);
Abstract

A non-volatile memory (NVM) apparatus and an address classification method thereof are provided. The NVM apparatus includes a NVM and a controller. The controller accesses the NVM in accordance with a write command of a host. The controller may perform the address classification method. The address classification method includes: providing a data look-up table, wherein the data look-up table includes a plurality of data entries, each of the data entries includes a logical address information, a counter value and a timer value; searching the data look-up table based on the logical address of the write command in order to obtain a corresponding counter value and a corresponding timer value; and determining whether the logical address of the write command is a hot data address based on the corresponding counter value and the corresponding timer value.


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