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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2021
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Icheon, KR;
Inventor:
Gi Pyo Um, Icheon, KR;
Assignee:
SK hynix Inc., Icheon, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0655 (2013.01); G06F 3/0608 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01);
Abstract
A memory system includes a memory device including a plurality of non-volatile memory cells; and a controller configured to program data input from an external device in the memory device, generate a map data item corresponding to the data, perform a compression operation on second map data when the second map data includes no empty area for the map data item. A timing of updating first map data stored in the memory device based on the second map data is determined according to whether the second map data is compressed or not.