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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2023
Silicon Motion, Inc., Hsinchu County, TW;
Po-Lin Wu, Hsinchu, TW;
Silicon Motion, Inc., Hsinchu County, TW;
Abstract
A data storage device includes a memory device and a memory controller. The memory device includes multiple memory blocks. The memory blocks includes one or more spare memory blocks that are not written with data and one or more predetermined memory blocks that are configured as a buffer for receiving data from a host device. The memory controller is coupled to the memory device and configured to access the memory device. The memory controller is configured to determine a setting value of a number of said one or more predetermined memory blocks according to a number of currently remaining spare memory block(s), a number of the predetermined memory block(s) that has/have been written with data among said one or more predetermined memory blocks and a predetermined threshold, and configure the number of the predetermined memory block(s) as the buffer according to the setting value.