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US 2014/0006693 A1Published application
Semiconductor device and operating method thereof
AssigneeSK hynix Inc.
InventorEu-Joon BYUN
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Abstract
An operating method of a semiconductor device includes selecting a block requiring storage space recycling from a memory device, checking costs required for performing the respective recycling techniques, selecting one of the recycling techniques based on the costs, and recycling a storage space by applying the selected recycling technique to the selected block.
Claims15
A semiconductor device comprising:
- a block selection unit suitable for selecting a block requiring recycling from a memory device;
- a cost calculation unit suitable for calculating costs required for performing the respective recycling techniques applicable to the block;
- a recycling technique selection unit suitable for selecting one of the recycling techniques based on the calculated costs;
- and
- a storage space recycling execution unit suitable for recycling a storage space by applying the selected technique to the block.
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A system comprising a memory device and a processor,
- wherein the processor performs:
- selecting a block requiring storage space recycling from a memory device;
- checking costs required for performing the respective recycling techniques;
- selecting one of the recycling techniques based on the costs;
- and
- recycling a storage space by applying the selected recycling technique to the selected block.
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An operating method of a system, comprising:
- selecting a victim block from a memory device;
- checking costs required for performing candidate recycling techniques;
- selecting a recycling technique having a lowest cost;
- and
- executing the selected recycling technique to the selected victim block.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.