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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2006
Dong-kun Shin, Seoul, KR;
Sang-lyul Min, Seoul, KR;
Shea-yun Lee, Seoul, KR;
Jang-hwan Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Dong-hyun Song, Yongin-si, KR;
Jeong-eun Kim, Gwangmyeong-si, KR;
Dong-kun Shin, Seoul, KR;
Sang-lyul Min, Seoul, KR;
Shea-yun Lee, Seoul, KR;
Jang-hwan Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Dong-hyun Song, Yongin-si, KR;
Jeong-eun Kim, Gwangmyeong-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
Provided are a storage apparatus using a non-volatile memory as a cache and a method of operating the same, in which the non-volatile memory is used as the cache so as to preserve data even when electricity is interrupted. The storage apparatus using a non-volatile memory as a cache includes a main storage medium, the non-volatile memory being used as the cache of the main storage medium and having a stationary region and a non-stationary region divided according to whether data are fixed, and a block management unit managing blocks allocated in the non-volatile memory.