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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2023
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Jooyoung Hwang, Suwon-si, KR;
Hyun Jin Choi, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
In some embodiments, a storage device includes a nonvolatile memory device including a plurality of erase units, and a memory controller. Each of the plurality of erase units include a plurality of memory cells. The memory controller is configured to assign first memory cells of each of first erase units among the plurality of erase units as y-level cells, assign second memory cells of each of second erase units among the plurality of erase units as x-level cells, allocate a zone to at least one first erase unit among the first erase units and permit a sequential write with respect to the zone, buffer data to be written in the zone by using at least one second erase unit among the second erase units, and provide, to the external host device, information about the at least one second erase unit buffering the data to be written in the zone.