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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2024
Filed:
May. 24, 2022
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Soon Yeal Yang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A storage device may include a memory device including a plurality of memory dies; and a memory controller configured to control the memory device in units of super blocks each including two or more memory blocks included in the memory device, wherein at least one of the super blocks within the memory device is a super block including a plurality of small multi-die zones each including a portion of each of the memory blocks included in different memory dies among the memory dies, wherein the memory controller is further configured to receive a garbage collection request and information on valid pages included in the small multi-die zone, and to select, among the super blocks within the memory device, a victim super block in response to the garbage collection request and information on valid pages included in the small multi-die zone.