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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2023
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si, KR;
Inventor:
Sung Jin Park, Icheon-si, KR;
Assignee:
SK HYNIX INC., Icheon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0616 (2013.01); G06F 3/064 (2013.01); G06F 3/0673 (2013.01);
Abstract
A storage device may select N number of candidate memory blocks among a plurality of memory blocks according to whether a target operation is garbage collection or wear leveling. The storage device may determine one or more victim memory blocks for the target operation among the candidate memory blocks, on the basis of a deviation in a reference factor among the candidate memory blocks.