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AssigneeKioxia Corporation
InventorsKazuhiro Fukutomi, Kenichiro Yoshii, Shinichi Kanno, Shigehiro Asano
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According to one embodiment, a write instructing unit instructs a data access unit to write, in a storage area of a data storage unit indicated by a first physical address, write object data, instructs a management information access unit to update address conversion information, and instructs a first access unit to update the first physical address. A compaction unit extracts a physical address of compaction object data, instructs the data access unit to read the compaction object data stored in a storage area of the data storage unit indicated by the physical address, instructs the data access unit to write the compaction object data in a storage area of the data storage unit indicated by a second physical address, instructs the management information access unit to update the address conversion information, and instructs a second access unit to update the second physical address.
A method for controlling a nonvolatile semiconductor memory including a plurality of regions, the regions including one or more first regions, a plurality of second regions different from the first regions, and a third region different from the second regions, the method comprising:
A controller for controlling a nonvolatile semiconductor memory including a plurality of regions, the regions including one or more first regions, a plurality of second regions different from the first regions, and a third region different from the second regions;
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