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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2014
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventor:
Yu Mi Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G06F 12/0253 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7201 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7205 (2013.01);
Abstract
An operating method of a data storage device includes receiving a write request, determining whether it is possible to perform a first write operation of simultaneously writing a plurality of bits in each of memory cells coupled to one word line of a nonvolatile memory apparatus, and performing a garbage collection operation for the nonvolatile memory apparatus, according to a determination result, and generating first merged data.