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GB2411499B - Method of writing data to non-volatile memory - Google Patents

Method of writing data to non-volatile memory

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GB2411499B
GB2411499B GB0509655A GB0509655A GB2411499B GB 2411499 B GB2411499 B GB 2411499B GB 0509655 A GB0509655 A GB 0509655A GB 0509655 A GB0509655 A GB 0509655A GB 2411499 B GB2411499 B GB 2411499B
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volatile memory
writing data
writing
data
volatile
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Sergey Anatolievich Gorobets
Alan David Bennett
Alan Welsh Sinclair
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Micron Technology Inc
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Lexar Media Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F12/00—Accessing, addressing or allocating within memory systems or architectures
    • G06F12/02—Addressing or allocation; Relocation
    • G06F12/0223—User address space allocation, e.g. contiguous or non contiguous base addressing
    • G06F12/023—Free address space management
    • G06F12/0238—Memory management in non-volatile memory, e.g. resistive RAM or ferroelectric memory
    • G06F12/0246—Memory management in non-volatile memory, e.g. resistive RAM or ferroelectric memory in block erasable memory, e.g. flash memory
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F12/00—Accessing, addressing or allocating within memory systems or architectures
    • G06F12/02—Addressing or allocation; Relocation
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F2212/00—Indexing scheme relating to accessing, addressing or allocation within memory systems or architectures
    • G06F2212/72—Details relating to flash memory management
    • G06F2212/7211—Wear leveling

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  • Techniques For Improving Reliability Of Storages (AREA)
  • Information Retrieval, Db Structures And Fs Structures Therefor (AREA)
GB0509655A 2001-09-28 2002-09-27 Method of writing data to non-volatile memory Expired - Lifetime GB2411499B (en)

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GBGB0123415.2A GB0123415D0 (en) 2001-09-28 2001-09-28 Method of writing data to non-volatile memory
GB0222503A GB2384072B (en) 2001-09-28 2002-09-27 Method of writing data to non-volatile memory

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