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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2015
Applicants:
Jung-min Seo, Seongnam-si, KR;
Ju-pyung Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Jung-Min Seo, Seongnam-si, KR;
Ju-Pyung Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0616 (2013.01); G06F 3/0652 (2013.01); G06F 3/0655 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G11C 16/349 (2013.01); G06F 2206/1014 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7205 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7211 (2013.01);
Abstract
A storage controller that improves performance of a storage device by reducing the number of data I/O operations. The storage controller, as part of a storage device and a storage system, and in a method of operating the storage controller, includes a host interface receiving data requested for storage from a host and lifetime information indicating a change period of the data, and a data placement manager determining a storage position of the data in a flash memory based on the lifetime information of the data.