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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2023
SK Hynix Inc., Icheon, KR;
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, KR;
Kyoungho Koo, Daejeon, KR;
Youjip Won, Daejeon, KR;
SK hynix Inc., Icheon, KR;
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
A multi-level data storage device includes a first storage device; a second storage device located at a lower level than the first storage device; an input/output (I/O) control circuit configured to control a first write operation for the first storage device and a second write operation for the second storage device; and an imbalance control circuit configured to calculate an imbalance index corresponding to a write set that is generated when a sum of a number of first write operations and a number of the second write operations becomes a predetermined number, and configured to control the I/O control circuit to control imbalance of write operations performed in the multi-level data storage device by controlling the first write operation or the second write operation based on the imbalance index.