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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2011
Zining Wu, Los Altos, CA (US);
Lau Nguyen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Pantas Sutardja, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Chi-kong Lee, Fremont, CA (US);
Tony Yoon, Cupertino, CA (US);
Zining Wu, Los Altos, CA (US);
Lau Nguyen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Pantas Sutardja, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Chi-Kong Lee, Fremont, CA (US);
Tony Yoon, Cupertino, CA (US);
Marvell World Trade Ltd., St. Michael, BB;
Abstract
A memory system including a nonvolatile memory, and a memory control module. The nonvolatile memory includes a plurality of memory cells arranged among a plurality of physical memory blocks, wherein each physical memory block is of a predetermined size. The memory control module includes a write path module and a read path module. In response to the memory control module receiving data in a first format such that the data is evenly distributable among the plurality of physical memory blocks, the write path module modifies the first format of the data into a second format prior to writing the data to the plurality of physical memory blocks. The second format of the data is such that the data is no longer evenly distributable among the plurality of physical memory blocks. The read path module is configured to read the data from the nonvolatile memory in accordance with the second format.