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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2018
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Byung Min Ha, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Ji Yeun Kang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Hae Lyong Song, Seoul, KR;
Young Mi Yoon, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Min Kyung Choi, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G06F 11/108 (2013.01); G06F 11/1068 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7201 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7203 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7207 (2013.01);
Abstract
A memory system and an operating method thereof are provided. The memory system includes a buffer memory storing a plurality of meta-slices constituting meta-data, and a memory controller marking meta-slices being updated, among the plurality of meta-slices stored in the buffer memory, as dirty meta-slices, generating journal data including update information corresponding to the dirty meta-slices, and flushing the journal data together with one of the dirty meta-slices to a non-volatile memory device.