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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022

Filed:

Apr. 10, 2020
Applicant:

SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventor:

Seok-Jun Lee, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0811 (2016.01); G06F 12/0815 (2016.01); G06F 12/0804 (2016.01); G06F 12/0873 (2016.01); G06F 12/14 (2006.01); G06F 9/4401 (2018.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0811 (2013.01); G06F 9/4401 (2013.01); G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G06F 12/0804 (2013.01); G06F 12/0815 (2013.01); G06F 12/0873 (2013.01); G06F 12/1458 (2013.01); G06F 13/1668 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1021 (2013.01);
Abstract

A memory system may include: a non-volatile memory device suitable for storing firmware; a volatile memory device comprising a write cache region for temporarily storing write data to be programmed into the non-volatile memory device and a firmware cache region for loading the firmware from the non-volatile memory device; and a controller suitable for: moving, to the write cache region, changeable firmware data that is generated or modified in the firmware cache region during an operation of the controller; programming the changeable firmware data, after it is moved into the write cache region, into the non-volatile memory device; and generating, in the firmware cache region, access information of the changeable firmware data.


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