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Method of performing reliable updates in a symmetrically blocked nonvolatile memory having a bifurcated storage architecture

  • US 20040044837A1
  • Filed: 09/02/2003
  • Published: 03/04/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/06/1997
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of re-allocating object space within a block erasable nonvolatile memory, comprising the steps of:

  • a) storing a location of a first object in a first data structure within the nonvolatile memory;

    b) storing a location of the first data structure in a second data structure within the nonvolatile memory;

    c) initiating an erase of the first object;

    d) tracking an erase status of the first object.

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