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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2009
Meng-hung Tsai, Taipei Hsien, TW;
Yu-hsuan Lee, Taipei Hsien, TW;
Meng-Hung Tsai, Taipei Hsien, TW;
Yu-Hsuan Lee, Taipei Hsien, TW;
Apacer Technology Inc., Taipei Hsien, TW;
Abstract
A machine-implemented method, which is for categorizing a plurality of to-be-categorized storage units of a storage medium, includes: a) using a processor to write categorizing data for filling each of the to-be-categorized storage units of the storage medium; b) using a processor to determine a data access time of each of at least some of the to-be-categorized storage units by reading the categorizing data therein and to record the data access times of said at least some of the to-be-categorized storage units; and c) using a processor to categorize the to-be-categorized storage units into a plurality of groups that respectively correspond to a plurality of data access speed categories with reference to the recorded data access times.