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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2023
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/12 (2016.01); G06F 12/123 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/123 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hierarchical memory system and method. In some embodiments, the method includes: demoting a first page of data from a fast memory to a slow memory; promoting the first page of data from the slow memory to an intermediate memory zone; and promoting the first page of data from the intermediate memory zone to the fast memory, wherein the intermediate memory zone includes a virtual zone within the slow memory.