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Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 18, 2023
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Minkyeong Lee, Suwon-si, KR;

Jaesub Kim, Suwon-si, KR;

Junho Kim, Suwon-si, KR;

Yangwoo Roh, Suwon-si, KR;

Youkun Shin, Suwon-si, KR;

Donghee Lee, Suwon-si, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of operating a storage controller which communicates with a host device and a non-volatile memory device is provided. The method includes: receiving a first command from the host device indicating a read operation of first status information of a first zone random write area (ZRWA) in a first zone region, wherein the first command complies with a zoned namespace (ZNS) standard; obtaining the first status information from a zone status table in the storage controller based on the first command, wherein the first status information indicates at least a portion of a first physical region of the non-volatile memory device corresponding to the first ZRWA in which first data are stored; and providing the first status information to the host device.


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