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US 2018/0018112 A1Published application
Memory system and operating method thereof
AssigneeSK hynix Inc.
InventorJong-Min LEE
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Abstract
A memory system may include: a memory device including a plurality of memory blocks, each of the memory blocks including a plurality of pages; and a controller suitable for: storing user data corresponding to a write command, in the memory blocks; storing map data corresponding to the stored user data, in the memory blocks; determining entropies indicating amounts of the map data updated in the memory blocks which correspond to the stored user data; and selecting source memory blocks among the memory blocks, which correspond to the entropies.
Claims20
A memory system comprising:
- a memory device including a plurality of memory blocks, each of the memory blocks including a plurality of pages;
- and
- a controller suitable for:
- storing user data corresponding to a write command, in the memory blocks;
- storing map data corresponding to the stored user data, in the memory blocks;
- determining entropies indicating amounts of the map data updated in the memory blocks which correspond to the stored user data;
- and
- selecting source memory blocks among the memory blocks, which correspond to the entropies.
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A method for operating a memory system, comprising:
- storing user data corresponding to a write command, in a plurality of memory blocks in a memory device, each of the memory blocks including a plurality of pages;
- storing map data corresponding to the stored user data, in the memory blocks;
- determining entropies indicating amounts of the map data updated in the memory blocks corresponding to the stored user data;
- and
- selecting source memory blocks among the memory blocks, corresponding to the entropies.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.