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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2014
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/17 (2006.01); G06F 3/038 (2013.01); G06F 13/20 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G06F 3/061 (2013.01); G06F 3/0652 (2013.01); G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1024 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7205 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7208 (2013.01);
Abstract
A data storage device may include: a data storage unit comprising a plurality of channels each having a plurality of nonvolatile memory devices; and a control unit configured to control a garbage collection operation of selecting a first block included in a first channel as a victim block and copying first data included in the first block into a second block included in a second channel that is selected.