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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2015
Macronix International Co., Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Hung-Sheng Chang, Taipei, TW;
Hsiang-Pang Li, Zhubei, TW;
Chun-Ta Lin, Kaohsiung, TW;
Yuan-Hao Chang, Taipai, TW;
Tei-Wei Kuo, New Taipei, TW;
MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A memory system is provided. The memory system includes a memory controller and a first memory block. The first memory block is configured to store a first data from a top of the first memory block in a top-down fashion. The first memory block is configured to store a first metadata corresponding to the first data from a bottom of the first memory block in a bottom-up fashion. The first data forms a first data area. The first metadata forms a first metadata area. And a first continuous space is formed between a bottom of the first data area and a top of the first metadata area.