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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2006
Dong-kun Shin, Seoul, KR;
Shea-yun Lee, Seoul, KR;
Jang-hwan Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Dong-hyun Song, Yongin-si, KR;
Dong-kun Shin, Seoul, KR;
Shea-yun Lee, Seoul, KR;
Jang-hwan Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Dong-hyun Song, Yongin-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A storage apparatus using a non-volatile memory, which retains data even after power interruption, as its cache and a method of managing the same are provided. The storage apparatus includes a main storage medium, a non-volatile memory used as a cache of the main storage medium, a region of the non-volatile memory being divided into a fixed region and a non-fixed region according to whether or not data is fixed, and a block management unit managing physical blocks by means of virtual addresses, the physical blocks being allocated to the non-volatile memory.