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DYNAMIC SLC/MLC BLOCKS ALLOCATIONS FOR NON-VOLATILE MEMORY

  • US 20100122016A1
  • Filed: 11/12/2008
  • Published: 05/13/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a flash memory having a number of memory blocks, wherein one or more of the memory blocks can operate in at least two modes of operation, the at least two modes of operation differing in a number of states to which a cell of a respective one of the blocks can be programmed and/or erased; and

    a controller configured to operate the one or more of the memory blocks in one of the two modes of operation based at least partly on at least one of an amount of the memory in use or available for use.

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