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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2024
Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Ariel Navon, Revava, IL;
Shay Benisty, Beer Sheva, IL;
Sandisk Technologies, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
Large gaps in a L2P table that are disturbed by a few occupied addresses may be efficiently utilized by locating and considering the low-density of these occupied addresses in regards to the large gap (i.e., the gap free region altogether). By identifying a gap in a L2P table and then determining if the number of occupied addresses in the gap are less than a threshold value, the gap with the limited number of occupied addresses may be indicated as available RAM buffers for the system. The limited number of occupied addresses may then be marked and replaced with other addresses to evacuate a longer sequence of free addresses that can be used by the system, thereby optimizing data storage operations. In some embodiments, conventional clustering algorithms may be used to determine gap availability. In some embodiments, the stability several gaps may be tracked and used to determine storage priority.