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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2013
Smart Storage Systems, Inc., Chandler, AZ (US);
James Fitzpatrick, Sudbury, MA (US);
James M. Higgins, Chandler, AZ (US);
Bernardo Rub, Sudbury, MA (US);
Ryan Jones, Mesa, AZ (US);
Robert W. Ellis, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Mark Dancho, Chandler, AZ (US);
Sheunghee Park, Pleasanton, CA (US);
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A storage control system, and a method of operation thereof, including: a power-down module for powering off a memory sub-system; a decay estimation module, coupled to the power-down module, for estimating a power-off decay rate upon the memory sub-system powered up, the power-off decay rate is for indicating how much data in the memory sub-system has decayed while the memory sub-system has been powered down; and a recycle module, coupled to the decay estimation module, for recycling an erase block for data retention based on the power-off decay rate.