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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2011
Applicants:
Keita Kawamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Shingo Aso, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Keita Kawamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Shingo Aso, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A storage apparatus includes: an input/output section configured to input and output data related to an external access; a memory for storing input data input by the input/output section by distributing the input data to a plurality of areas while making use of a cache area for temporarily storing the input data; and a control section configured to make an access to the memory on the basis of the external access and carry out a garbage collection operation on the areas including the cache area in order to release the cache area in the access made to the memory on the basis of the external access.