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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2023
SK Hynix Nand Product Solutions Corporation, Rancho Cordova, CA (US);
SK hynix NAND Product Solutions Corporation, Rancho Cordova, CA (US);
Abstract
Mechanisms for providing solid-state drives (SSDs) (such as NAND SSDs) with a dynamic system area are provided. In some embodiments, the mechanism includes: determining a memory die from a plurality of individual memory dies on which system-related data is stored in a reserved band from a plurality of bands; determining lifetime information associated with the memory die on which the system-related data is stored in the reserved band; in response to determining that the lifetime information associated with the memory die is greater than a threshold value, determining unused dies from the plurality of individual memory dies on which the reserved band does not contain the system-related data; selecting at least one unused die based on the determined unused dies; and storing the system-related data in the reserved band of the selected unused die.