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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2013
Joonho Lee, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Jong-nam Baek, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Dong-hoon Ham, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Sang-wook Yoo, Seongnam-si, KR;
Intae Hwang, Suwon-si, KR;
Joonho Lee, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Jong-Nam Baek, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Dong-Hoon Ham, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Sang-Wook Yoo, Seongnam-si, KR;
Intae Hwang, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed is a method of writing data in a storage device including a nonvolatile memory device. The method includes receiving write data with a write request, detecting a number of free blocks, if the detected number of free blocks is less than a threshold value, allocating a log block only in accordance with a sub-block unit, but if the detected number of free blocks is not less than the threshold value, allocating the log block in accordance with one of the sub-block unit and a physical block unit, wherein the sub-block unit is smaller than the physical block unit.