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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2024
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Kyungjune Cho, Suwon-si, KR;
Donggil Kang, Suwon-si, KR;
Minsik Oh, Suwon-si, KR;
Yoon Soo Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Jongmin Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Kyungsik Um, Suwon-si, KR;
Myunggwan Jeong, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed is a storage device. The storage device includes: a memory device; a buffer memory configured to store partial data among data stored in the memory device; and a memory controller configured to determine prefetch logical addresses expected to be received sequentially after sequential logical addresses are received from a host, to read prefetch data corresponding to the prefetch logical addresses from the memory device to store the prefetch data as a prefetch group of in the buffer memory, and to release the prefetch group from the buffer memory in response to a logical address discontinuous with the logical addresses being received from the host.