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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2022
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Dionisio Minopoli, Arzano, IT;
Daniele Balluchi, Cernusco sul Naviglio, IT;
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a method for improving the reading and/or writing phase in storage devices including a plurality of non-volatile memory portions managed by a memory controller, comprising: providing at least a faster memory portion having a lower latency and higher throughput with respect to said non-volatile memory portions and being bi-directionally connected to said controller; using said faster memory portion as a read and/or write cache memory for copying the content of memory regions including more frequently read or written logical blocks of said plurality of non-volatile memory portions. A specific read cache architecture for a managed storage device is also disclosed to implement the above method.