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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2020
Kioxia Corporation, Minato-ku, JP;
Kazuhiro Fukutomi, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichiro Yoshii, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichi Kanno, Tokyo, JP;
Shigehiro Asano, Tokyo, JP;
KIOXIA CORPORATION, Minato-ku, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a write instructing unit instructs a data access unit to write, in a storage area of a data storage unit indicated by a first physical address, write object data, instructs a management information access unit to update address conversion information, and instructs a first access unit to update the first physical address. A compaction unit extracts a physical address of compaction object data, instructs the data access unit to read the compaction object data stored in a storage area of the data storage unit indicated by the physical address, instructs the data access unit to write the compaction object data in a storage area of the data storage unit indicated by a second physical address, instructs the management information access unit to update the address conversion information, and instructs a second access unit to update the second physical address.