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Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 18, 2019
Applicant:

Silicon Motion Inc., Hsinchu County, TW;

Inventors:

Ting-Heng Chou, Taipei, TW;

Jian-Wei Sun, Taipei, TW;

Assignee:

Silicon Motion, Inc., Hsinchu County, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 12/1009 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0253 (2013.01); G06F 12/1009 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7201 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7205 (2013.01);
Abstract

A high efficiency garbage collection method, an associated data storage device and a controller thereof are provided. The high efficiency garbage collection method includes: starting and executing a garbage collection procedure; determining whether a Trim command from a host device is received; in response to the Trim command being received, determining whether target data of the Trim command is stored in a source block of the garbage collection procedure; in response to the target data being stored in the source block, determining whether the target data stored in the source block has been copied to a destination block of the garbage collection procedure; and in response to the target data stored in the source block having been copied to the destination block, changing at least one physical address of the target data of the Trim command to a Trim tag in a logical-to-physical address mapping table.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Chou, Ting-Heng. (2021). High efficiency garbage collection method, associated data storage device and controller thereof (U.S. Patent No. 11030093). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11030093

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