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Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016

Filed:

Jun. 18, 2014
Applicant:

Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);

Inventors:

William H. Radke, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Vishal Sarin, Cupertino, CA (US);

Jung-Sheng Hoei, Newark, CA (US);

Assignee:

Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G11C 11/56 (2006.01); G11C 29/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1072 (2013.01); G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G11C 11/5628 (2013.01); G11C 29/52 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7205 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7208 (2013.01); G11C 2211/5641 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods for managing data stored in a memory device facilitate managing utilization of memory of different densities. The methods include reading first data from a first number of pages or blocks of memory cells having a first density, performing a data handling operation on the read first data to generate second data, and writing the second data to a second number of pages or blocks of memory cells having a second density, wherein the second density is different than the first density, and wherein the second number is different than the first number.


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