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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2015
Applicant:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Jin Woong Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Ji Hong Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/064 (2013.01); G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01);
Abstract
A data storage device capable of improving operation performance by optimizing internal operations is disclosed. The operation method of the data storage device includes grouping memory blocks based on the number of valid pages included in each of the memory blocks; and determining whether to perform a merging process on the groups of memory blocks based on a merging determination value.