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Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 01, 2021
Applicant:

Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);

Inventors:

Robert M. Walker, Raleigh, NC (US);

Paul Rosenfeld, Rockville, MD (US);

Assignee:

Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/50 (2006.01); G06F 12/12 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/5016 (2013.01); G06F 12/12 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1021 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes allocating, via a tier allocation component, a first portion of data to a first tier memory component and writing the first portion of data to the first tier memory component in response to a first tier free list having an available entry. The method further includes evicting a second portion of data from the first tier memory component in response to the first tier free list being empty when the first portion of data is allocated to the first tier memory component and writing the first portion of data to the first tier memory component in response to evicting the second portion of data.


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