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Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2024

Filed:

Feb. 01, 2022
Applicant:

SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;

Inventor:

Beom Rae Jeong, Icheon-si, KR;

Assignee:

SK HYNIX INC., Icheon-si, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/061 (2013.01); G06F 3/0631 (2013.01); G06F 3/0656 (2013.01); G06F 3/0673 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods that relate to memory devices are disclosed. In some implementations, a memory system includes a first data storage device and a second data storage device. Each of the first and second data storage devices includes a plurality of memory blocks, each memory block including a plurality of memory cells each operable to store one or more data bits, and page buffers that cache data to be written to the memory blocks or read from the plurality of memory blocks on a page basis, and a controller including a cache memory configured to temporarily store first data, and configured to move the first data from a portion of the cache memory to one or more of the page buffers of the first data storage device and allocate the portion of the cache memory as a temporary buffer for storing data.


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