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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2024
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A storage device includes: memory device including a plurality of memory blocks, each of the plurality of memory blocks comprising a plurality of sub-blocks, wherein at least two sub-blocks of the plurality of sub-blocks have different sizes; and a memory controller configured to manage the plurality of memory blocks and the plurality of sub-blocks, wherein the memory controller is further configured to: based on a predetermined sub-block attribute criteria, select at least one sub-block from the plurality of sub-blocks, add the selected at least one sub-block to at least one sub-block pool, and based on the predetermined sub-block attribute criteria, allocate the selected at least one sub-block in the at least one sub-block pool to a virtual memory block.