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Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2023

Filed:

May. 06, 2021
Applicant:

SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Tae Ha Kim, Icheon-si, KR;

Hyo Jin Choi, Icheon-si, KR;

Assignee:

SK hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0652 (2013.01); G06F 3/064 (2013.01); G06F 3/0608 (2013.01); G06F 3/0673 (2013.01); H04L 9/32 (2013.01);
Abstract

A storage device includes: a memory device including a plurality of system blocks for storing system data; and a memory controller configured to control the memory device to store cyclic system data that is cyclically provided from a host, in an open system block among the plurality of system blocks, and control the memory device to perform a garbage collection operation on the plurality of system blocks, when a size of data stored in the open system block reaches a predetermined size. The cyclic system data may include a plurality of data slices provided from the host at predetermined cycles. The predetermined size may be determined based on size of the cyclic system data provided for a period of time corresponding to a common multiple of the predetermined cycles.


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