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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
May. 12, 2010
Applicants:
Richard A. Mataya, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Po-jen Hsueh, Kaohsiung, TW;
Mark Moshayedi, Newport Coast, CA (US);
Inventors:
Richard A. Mataya, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US);
Po-Jen Hsueh, Kaohsiung, TW;
Mark Moshayedi, Newport Coast, CA (US);
Assignee:
STEC, Inc., Santa Ana, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/30 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/3418 (2013.01); G11C 16/349 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for managing a flash storage device includes initiating a read request and reading requested data from a first storage block of a plurality of storage blocks in the flash storage device based on the read request. The method further includes incrementing a read count for the first storage block and moving the data in the first storage block to an available storage block of the plurality of storage blocks when the read count reaches a first threshold value.