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Memory management schemes for non-volatile memory devices

  • US 8,677,054 B1
  • Filed: 12/09/2010
  • Issued: 03/18/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • storing data in a non-volatile memory that includes multiple memory blocks;

    defining at least first and second regions in the non-volatile memory;

    defining a first over-provisioning ratio between a first logical address space and a first physical memory space of the first region, and defining a second over-provisioning ratio, different from the first over-provisioning ratio, between a second logical address space and a second physical memory space of the second region;

    individually within each of the first and second regions and independently of the other region, compacting portions of the data by copying the portions from one or more source memory blocks to one or more destination memory blocks using the first and second over-provisioning ratios, respectively.

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