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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2020
Applicant:
Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Inventor:
Chun-Lien Su, Taichung, TW;
Assignee:
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/34 (2006.01); G11C 16/16 (2006.01); G06F 9/30 (2018.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01); G11C 16/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/349 (2013.01); G06F 9/30101 (2013.01); G06F 13/1668 (2013.01); G11C 16/16 (2013.01); G11C 16/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system includes a nonvolatile memory and a controller. The nonvolatile memory includes memory blocks. The controller is configured to perform at least one wear leveling operation, based on at least one degradation curve, to at least one of the plurality of memory blocks. Furthermore, a method associated with wear leveling is also disclosed herein.