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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2024
Kioxia Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Nigel David Horspool, Great Missenden, GB;
Brian Hatfield Clarke, Berks, GB;
KIOXIA CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A system may include a controller, a non-volatile memory (NVM) array including an NVM and a program buffer, and a buffer for garbage collection. The controller may read valid data from a superblock and store the valid data to the buffer; in response to storing the valid data to the buffer, determine that a size of data stored in the buffer is greater than or equal to a first threshold and less than an amount of data for being written in a program mode, and write the data stored in the buffer, to the program buffer; determine that the size of data is greater than or equal to the amount of data, and program the data stored in the program buffer to the NVM; and in response to completion of writing the data stored in the buffer to the first program buffer, empty the buffer.