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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2016
Lite-on Technology Corporation, Taipei, TW;
Lite-on Electronics (Guangzhou) Limited, Guangzhou, CN;
Sin-Yu Lin, Taipei, TW;
LITE-ON ELECTRONICS (GUANGZHOU) LIMITED, Guangzhou, CN;
LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Taipei, TW;
Abstract
A managing method for a cache memory of a solid state drive includes the following steps. When the solid state drive decides to perform a garbage collection, a storing space of the cache memory is divided into plural storing portions according to at least one of the command type of an access command, access data size of the access command and the drive free space. A first storing portion of the cache memory is set as a buffering unit for a garbage collecting purpose. A second storing portion of the cache memory is set as a buffering unit for a writing purpose.