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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2019
Applicant:
Kioxia Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Sie Pook Law, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Kioxia Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2005.12); G06F 13/42 (2005.12); G11C 16/10 (2005.12); G11C 16/16 (2005.12); G06F 3/06 (2005.12); G06F 12/02 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0653 (2012.12); G06F 3/061 (2012.12); G06F 3/0604 (2012.12); G06F 3/064 (2012.12); G06F 3/067 (2012.12); G06F 3/0608 (2012.12); G06F 3/0611 (2012.12); G06F 3/0616 (2012.12); G06F 3/0652 (2012.12); G06F 3/0679 (2012.12); G06F 3/0688 (2012.12); G06F 12/0246 (2012.12); G06F 12/0253 (2012.12); G06F 13/4282 (2012.12); G11C 16/10 (2012.12); G11C 16/16 (2012.12); G06F 2212/1016 (2012.12); G06F 2212/1036 (2012.12); G06F 2212/7201 (2012.12); G06F 2212/7204 (2012.12); G06F 2212/7205 (2012.12); G06F 2212/7208 (2012.12); G06F 2213/0028 (2012.12); G06F 2213/0032 (2012.12);
Abstract
In an array of solid-state drives (SSDs), SSDs in the array are each configured to initiate generation of additional erased memory blocks when an initiation command is received from a host or when the number of erased memory blocks in the SSD falls below a minimum threshold of erased memory blocks for the SSD. The minimum threshold value may be adjusted by the host.