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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2005
Jin-hyuk Kim, Seoul, KR;
Hyun-mo Chung, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sung-ju Myoung, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jae-wook Cheong, Seoul, KR;
Chan-ik Park, Seoul, KR;
Tae-sun Chung, Seoul, KR;
Jin-hyuk Kim, Seoul, KR;
Hyun-mo Chung, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sung-ju Myoung, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jae-wook Cheong, Seoul, KR;
Chan-ik Park, Seoul, KR;
Tae-sun Chung, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A data management apparatus and method used in a system using one or more flash memories, which can deal with defective blocks in each of the flash memories using different methods depending on how the system manages data stored in each of the flash memories. The data management apparatus includes a device driver, which controls the operation of one or more flash memories, and a controller, which transfers data stored in a defective block of one of the flash memories to a predetermined block in the flash memory.