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Wear leveling in solid state devices

  • US 10,642,495 B2
  • Filed: 06/18/2018
  • Issued: 05/05/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, at a memory controller in a storage system, a request to delete data from the storage system;

    determining a wear count value associated with a memory block among a plurality of memory blocks of the storage system;

    determining whether the wear count value associated with the memory block satisfies a threshold wear count value; and

    in response to determining that the wear count value associated with the memory block satisfies the threshold wear count value;

    causing, by the memory controller, deletion of data from the memory block.

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