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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2007
Sanjeev N. Trika, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Debra Hensgen, Portland, OR (US);
Han H. Chau, Portland, OR (US);
Michael Johnston, Tigard, OR (US);
Sanjeev N. Trika, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Debra Hensgen, Portland, OR (US);
Han H. Chau, Portland, OR (US);
Michael Johnston, Tigard, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for reducing the number of writes in a non-volatile memory (). The method involves writing data in the non-volatile memory and determining a set of data from the data in the non-volatile memory to be written to a removable memory () that is operatively coupled to the non-volatile memory (e.g., a NAND memory). The method also involves writing the set of data to the removable memory (e.g., a hard disk) from the non-volatile memory. The method further involves writing a delineation marker (e.g., a sequence number) to the non-volatile memory specifying that the set of data has been written to the removable memory. Notably, the metadata of the data in the non-volatile memory comprises at least one marker set as a specific marker type (e.g., a valid marker and a dirty marker).