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Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021

Filed:

May. 24, 2019
Applicant:

Toshiba Memory Corporation, Minato-ku, JP;

Inventors:

Tatsuya Zettsu, Yokohama, JP;

Yoshihisa Kojima, Kawasaki, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/061 (2013.01); G06F 3/064 (2013.01); G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0647 (2013.01); G06F 3/0652 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G06F 3/0653 (2013.01); G06F 3/0655 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1032 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7205 (2013.01);
Abstract

A memory system includes a nonvolatile memory having memory blocks; and a controller configured to receive a request for writing user data from a host; select at least a first block having a first percentage of valid data among the memory blocks, determine a second percentage different from the first percentage on the basis of at least the first percentage of the valid data in the first block, determine a first ratio between a write amount of the user data in accordance with the request from the host and a write amount of the valid data in at least the first block on the basis of the second percentage determined, and write the user data and the valid data in the first block into the nonvolatile memory on the basis of the first ratio.


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