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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2025
Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A data storage device includes a relocation analysis system that tracks and/or calculates a commit time associated with one or more memory blocks. When a relocation operation is to be performed, the relocation analysis system selects one or more memory blocks from a pool of memory blocks based on the commit time. The relocation analysis system also determines a validity count associated each memory block in the pool of memory blocks. The validity count of each memory block, along with the commit time of each memory block, may also be used to select one or more memory blocks that will be part of the relocation operation. When the one or more memory blocks have been selected, the relocation analysis system causes the relocation operation to be performed on the one or more memory blocks.