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US 9,852,032 B2Granted
Data storage devices and data maintenance methods
AssigneeSilicon Motion, Inc.
InventorKuan-Yu Ke
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Abstract
A data storage device is provided. The data storage device includes a flash memory and a controller. The flash memory includes a plurality of blocks. Each block includes a plurality of pages. when the data storage device is resumed from a power-off event, the controller selects a first block which was written last before the power-off event among the plurality of blocks and writes data of a plurality of first pages of the first block into a plurality of second pages of the first block.
Claims10
An electronic system, comprising:
- a host;
- and
- a data storage device, being operated according to a command from the host, wherein the data storage device comprises:
- a flash memory comprising a plurality of blocks, wherein each block comprises a plurality of pages;
- and
- a controller, when the data storage device is resumed from a power-off event, selecting a first block which was written last before the power-off event among the plurality of blocks and writing data of a plurality of first pages of the first block into a plurality of second pages of the first block.
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