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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2021
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Kishore Kumar Muchherla, Fremont, CA (US);
Peter Feeley, Boise, ID (US);
Ashutosh Malshe, Fremont, CA (US);
Daniel J. Hubbard, Boise, ID (US);
Christopher S. Hale, Boise, ID (US);
Kevin R. Brandt, Boise, ID (US);
Sampath K. Ratnam, Boise, ID (US);
Yun Li, Fremont, CA (US);
Marc S. Hamilton, Eagle, ID (US);
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
A memory system includes a memory array having a plurality of memory cells; and a controller coupled to the memory array, the controller configured to: designate a storage mode for a target set of memory cells based on valid data in a source block, wherein the target set of memory cells are configured with a capacity to store up to a maximum number of bits per cell, and the storage mode is for dynamically configuring the target set of memory cells in as cache memory that stores a number of bits less per cell than the corresponding maximum capacity.