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MAP RECYCLING ACCELERATION

  • US 20140379959A1
  • Filed: 07/15/2013
  • Published: 12/25/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a processor configured to initiate an operation to recycle a plurality of source blocks in a memory that is nonvolatile; and

    a circuit configured to (i) search through a first of a plurality of levels in a map that defines a plurality of translations between a plurality of logical addresses used at an interface to a computer and a plurality of physical addresses used in said memory and (ii) notify said processor in response to a detection in said first level of one or more of said source blocks to be recycled that contain valid data.

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