Memory system
AssigneeKioxia Corporation
InventorsJunji YANO, Hidenori MATSUZAKI, Kosuke HATSUDA
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Abstract
A memory system includes a volatile first storing unit, a nonvolatile second storing unit in which data is managed in a predetermined unit, and a controller that writes data requested by a host apparatus in the second storing unit via the first storing unit and reads out data requested by the host apparatus from the second storing unit to the first storing unit and transfers the data to the host apparatus. The controller includes a management table for managing the number of failure areas in a predetermined unit that occur in the second storing unit and switches, according to the number of failure areas, an operation mode in writing data in the second storing unit from the host apparatus.
Claims18
A memory system comprising:
- a nonvolatile memory including a plurality of blocks;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- generate a free block by controlling the nonvolatile memory;
- manage a number of free blocks in the nonvolatile memory;
- and
- manage a number of bad blocks in the nonvolatile memory;
- wherein,
- after the memory system is approaching an end of lifespan based on the number of free blocks or the number of bad blocks, a data write operation to the blocks in the nonvolatile memory becomes prohibited and a data write operation mode to the blocks in the nonvolatile memory is changed to a read only mode.
A memory system comprising:
- a nonvolatile memory including a plurality of blocks;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- generate a free block by controlling the nonvolatile memory;
- manage a number of free blocks in the nonvolatile memory;
- and
- manage a number of bad blocks in the nonvolatile memory;
- wherein,
- after the controller determines that the memory system is approaching an end of lifespan based on the number of free blocks or the number of bad blocks, the controller is configured to prohibit a data write operation to the blocks in the nonvolatile memory and to change a data write operation mode to a read only mode.
A method of controlling a memory system comprising a nonvolatile memory including a plurality of blocks, the method comprising:
- generating a free block by controlling the nonvolatile memory ;
- managing a number of free blocks in the nonvolatile memory;
- and
- managing a number of bad blocks in the nonvolatile memory, wherein,
- after the memory system is approaching an end of lifespan based on the number of free blocks or the number of bad blocks, a data write operation to the blocks in the nonvolatile memory becomes prohibited and a data write operation mode to the blocks in the nonvolatile memory is changed to a read only mode.
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