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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2023
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Seungjun Yang, Suwon-si, KR;
Nam Wook Kang, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A storage device includes a non-volatile memory including a plurality of blocks, and a storage controller configured to divide the plurality of blocks into a plurality of zones, determine a first zone of the plurality of zones corresponding to a logical address received from a host, based on a value of the logical address, map the logical address to a physical address corresponding to a first block in the first zone, and replace at least one of the logical address or the first block with a logical address or a block of a second zone of the plurality of zones. The second zone is different from the first zone.