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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Deborah L. See, Placerville, CA (US);
Robert N. Hasbun, Shingle Springs, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/206 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/206 ;
Abstract
A method of moving a boundary in a nonvolatile memory is disclosed. The method comprises identifying a boundary location in the nonvolatile memory. The boundary location comprises a position between a first block of a first type and a second block of a second type. The method also comprises allocating objects from a last block of the first type to a second block of the first type. Additionally, the method comprises erasing the last block of the first type.