US 11,768,627 B2 · Techniques for page line filler data

Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for using page line filler data are described. In some examples, a memory system may store data within a write buffer of the memory system. The memory system may initiate an operation to transfer the write buffer data to a memory device, for example, due to a command to perform a memory management operation (e.g., cache synchronization, context switching, or the like) from a host system. In some examples, a quantity of write buffer data may fail to satisfy a data size threshold. Thus, the memory system may aggregate the data in the write buffer with valid data from a block of the memory device associated with garbage collection. The memory system may aggregate the write buffer data with the garbage collection data until the aggregated data satisfies the data size threshold. The memory system may then write the aggregated data to the memory device.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus, comprising:

one or more non-volatile memory devices;
and
a controller coupled with the one or more non-volatile memory devices and configured to cause the apparatus to:
initiate an operation to transfer information stored in a write buffer of the apparatus to the one or more non-volatile memory devices of the apparatus after storing first data in the write buffer;
aggregate, based at least in part on initiating the operation and in response to the first data having a first size that fails to satisfy a size threshold, the first data with second data associated with a garbage collection operation of the one or more non-volatile memory devices;
and
transfer the aggregated first data and second data to the one or more non-volatile memory devices.

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Techniques for page line filler data

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Techniques for page line filler data

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Abstract

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