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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Avraham Poza Meir, Rishon Le-Zion, IL;
Oren Golov, Hod-Hasharon, IL;
Sasha Paley, Kfar-Saba, IL;
Ori Moshe Stern, Modi'in, IL;
Etai Zaltsman, Ramat-Hasaron, IL;
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 29/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1412 (2013.01); G06F 3/064 (2013.01); G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0688 (2013.01); G06F 11/10 (2013.01); G06F 11/108 (2013.01); G06F 11/1048 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes, in a memory controller that controls a memory, evaluating an available memory space remaining in the memory to write data. A redundant storage configuration is selected in the memory controller depending on the available memory space. Redundancy information is calculated over the data using the selected redundant storage configuration. The data and the redundancy information are written to the available memory space in the memory.