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Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 06, 2012
Applicants:

Tsai-cheng Lin, Hsinchu, TW;

Chun-kun Lee, Hsinchu County, TW;

Inventors:

Tsai-Cheng Lin, Hsinchu, TW;

Chun-Kun Lee, Hsinchu County, TW;

Assignee:

Silicon Motion Inc., Jhubei, Hsinchu County, TW;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/34 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7207 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7208 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for managing a memory apparatus including at least one non-volatile (NV) memory element includes: providing at least one block of the memory apparatus with at least one local page address linking table within the memory apparatus, wherein the at least one local page address linking table includes linking relationships between at least one physical page address of the at least one block and at least one logical page address; and building a global page address linking table of the memory apparatus according to the at least one local page address linking table.


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