Electronic storage device
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1. A method comprising:
- mapping a primary address to a set of minimum erasable locations in a storage device;
initializing the set;
obtaining and storing initialization parameters; and
initializing a section selection sequence that determines a first minimum writeable location in the set.
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Abstract
A solution for reducing erase cycles in an electronic storage device that uses at least one erase-limited memory device is disclosed.
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19 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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mapping a primary address to a set of minimum erasable locations in a storage device; initializing the set; obtaining and storing initialization parameters; and initializing a section selection sequence that determines a first minimum writeable location in the set. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus comprising:
a storage device configured to map a primary address to a set of minimum erasable locations in a storage device, initialize the set, obtain and store initialization parameters, and initialize a section selection sequence that determines a first minimum writeable location in the set. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An article of manufacture, comprising:
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a non-transient computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions operable to permit an apparatus to; map a primary address to a set of minimum erasable locations in a storage device; initialize the set; obtain and store initialization parameters; and initialize a section selection sequence that determines a first minimum writeable location in the set.
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