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Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 18, 2020
Applicant:

SK Hynix Inc., Icheon, KR;

Inventor:

Da Eun Song, Icheon, KR;

Assignee:

SK hynix Inc., Icheon, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 9/30 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0611 (2013.01); G06F 3/0631 (2013.01); G06F 3/0644 (2013.01); G06F 3/0683 (2013.01); G06F 9/30047 (2013.01);
Abstract

A data storage apparatus may include a first memory device comprising a first area in which write data from a host device are stored and a second area, a second memory device into which the write data stored in the first memory device are copied, a storage device, and a controller. The controller is configured to control data input/output for the first memory device, the second memory device and the storage device, wherein the controller comprises a cache manager configured to evict eviction target data from the second memory device by: storing the eviction target data into the storage device, and storing the eviction target data into the second area of the first memory device.


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