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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2010
Applicants:
Gen Pei, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Lanlan Gu, San Jose, CA (US);
Nima Mokhlesi, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Idan Alrod, Herzliya, IL;
Eran Sharon, Rishon Lezion, IL;
Itshak Afriat, Tel-Mond, IL;
Inventors:
Gen Pei, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Lanlan Gu, San Jose, CA (US);
Nima Mokhlesi, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Idan Alrod, Herzliya, IL;
Eran Sharon, Rishon Lezion, IL;
Itshak Afriat, Tel-Mond, IL;
Assignee:
SanDisk Technologies Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/04 (2006.01); G11C 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The non-volatile storage system predicts which blocks (or other units of storage) will become bad based on performance data. User data in those blocks predicted to become bad can be re-programmed to other blocks, and the blocks predicted to become bad can be removed from further use.