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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2012
Hyun-chul Park, Ansan-si, KR;
Kyung-ho Kim, Seoul, KR;
Sang-mok Kim, Seoul, KR;
O-tae Bae, Daegu, KR;
Dong-gi Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Jeong-hoon Jeong, Yongin-si, KR;
Hyun-Chul Park, Ansan-si, KR;
Kyung-Ho Kim, Seoul, KR;
Sang-Mok Kim, Seoul, KR;
O-Tae Bae, Daegu, KR;
Dong-Gi Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Jeong-Hoon Jeong, Yongin-si, KR;
Abstract
A storage device includes a data storage having first and second storage areas corresponding to different physical addresses. First data are stored in the first storage area. The storage device further includes a first memory that stores a reference count associated with the first data, and a controller that rearranges the first data from the first storage area to the second storage area in response to a change in the reference count of the first data.