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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2022
Applicant:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Assignee:
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/08 (2016.01); G06F 12/0802 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0802 (2013.01); G06F 2212/60 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system includes a memory device having an array of memory cells coupled with a plurality of page buffers. At least a portion of the array is configured as single-level cell memory. A processing device is coupled to the memory device and includes cache, the processing device to perform operations including: detecting demand for the cache during a memory operation requiring access to the single-level cell memory; and causing metadata associated with the memory operation to be stored in one or more page buffers of the plurality of page buffers, the one or more page buffers operating as an extension of the cache available to the processing device.