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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2019
Applicant:
Emc Ip Holding Company Llc, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Grant R. Wallace, Pennington, NJ (US);
Philip N. Shilane, Newtown, PA (US);
Assignee:
EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 12/0802 (2016.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/16 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/064 (2013.01); G06F 3/061 (2013.01); G06F 3/0616 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G06F 12/0802 (2013.01); G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 16/16 (2013.01); G11C 16/349 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1036 (2013.01); G06F 2212/222 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7202 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for managing content in a flash memory. Content or data in a flash memory is overwritten when the write operation only requires bits to be set. This improves performance of the flash and extends the life of the flash memory.