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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2019
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Hyeong Ju Na, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A data storage device may include a nonvolatile memory device including a plurality of memory blocks and a controller configured to perform a block scan operation for checking valid page counts of closed blocks, when the number of free blocks among the plurality of memory blocks is equal to or less than a threshold number, select a victim block from the closed blocks among the plurality of memory blocks, and perform a garbage collection operation on the victim block. The controller may change an index of a scan start block among the closed blocks whenever performing the block scan operation.
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