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Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2023

Filed:

Jul. 27, 2021
Applicant:

SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Na Young Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Ku Ik Kwon, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Kyeong Seok Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Byong Woo Ryu, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Assignee:

SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/0862 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0862 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1021 (2013.01); G06F 2212/602 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided herein is a memory controller for controlling a memory device. The memory controller includes a workload detector configured to determine a change in workload based on reception of a changed request from a host or a change in clock received from an external device, a device performance controller configured to determine, if the workload is determined as changed, read performance based on a ratio of a size of data output to the host to a size of data requested from the host every preset period and configured to output a read-look-ahead (RLA) command to the memory device based on the determined read performance, a buffer memory configured to store data read from the memory device in response to the RLA command and a memory size controller configured to control a size of the buffer memory. The RLA command instructs to output data which is frequently requested from the host.


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