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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2023
Innovations IN Memory Llc, Dover, DE (US);
Timothy Stoakes, One Tree Hill, AU;
Mark Lewis, San Jose, CA (US);
Innovations in Memory LLC, Dover, DE (US);
Abstract
A method implemented by a memory controller may comprise receiving segment pointers that identify memory devices and slices for associated segments. The method may comprise identifying a most-full first one of the memory devices. The method may comprise identifying a most-empty second one of the memory devices. The method may comprise identifying one of the segments in the most-full one of the memory devices. The method may comprise moving a slice from the identified one of the segments in the most-full one of the memory devices to the most-empty one of the memory devices. The method may comprise updating one of the segment pointers for the identified segment.