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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2008
Applicants:
Soo-jeong Kim, Seoul, KR;
Jun-young Cho, Seongnam-si, KR;
Min-soo Moon, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed is a semiconductor memory system and wear-leveling method thereof. The semiconductor memory system is comprised of a nonvolatile memory including a plurality of logic blocks each of which is divided into a plurality of entries, a file system detecting a type of data to be stored and allocating the logic block or the entry for storing the data in accordance with the data type, and a translation layer leveling wearing degrees over the logic blocks or the entries in accordance with the data type.