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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Timothy J. Fisher, Cypress, TX (US);
Aaron D. Fry, Richmond, TX (US);
Nikolas Ioannou, Zurich, CH;
Ioannis Koltsidas, Zurich, CH;
Jason Ma, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Roman A. Pletka, Zurich, CH;
Lincoln T. Simmons, Houston, TX (US);
Sasa Tomic, Zurich, CH;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In at least one embodiment, a controller of a non-volatile memory array including a plurality of subdivisions stores write data within the non-volatile memory array utilizing a plurality of block stripes of differing numbers of blocks, where all of the blocks within each block stripe are drawn from different ones of the plurality of subdivisions. The controller builds new block stripes for storing write data from blocks selected based on estimated remaining endurances of blocks in each of the plurality of subdivisions.