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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2014
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Shai Ojalvo, Moshav Olesh, IL;
Yair Schwartz, Yokneam Illit, IL;
Eyal Gurgi, Petah-Tikva, IL;
Yoav Kasorla, Kfar Netar, IL;
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G11C 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1008 (2013.01); G06F 3/064 (2013.01); G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0688 (2013.01); G06F 3/0689 (2013.01); G06F 11/1076 (2013.01); G06F 11/1096 (2013.01); G11C 29/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for data storage includes one or more non-volatile memory (NVM) devices, each device including multiple memory blocks, and a processor. The processor is configured to assign the memory blocks into groups, to apply a redundant data storage scheme in each of the groups, to identify a group of the memory blocks including at least one bad block that renders remaining memory blocks in the group orphan blocks, to select a type of data suitable for storage in the orphan blocks, and to store the data of the identified type in the orphan blocks.