Samsung electronics co., ltd. (20250094078). STORAGE DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD OF STORAGE CONTROLLER
STORAGE DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD OF STORAGE CONTROLLER
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STORAGE DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD OF STORAGE CONTROLLER
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250094078 titled 'STORAGE DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD OF STORAGE CONTROLLER
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the present disclosure provides storage devices and methods for operating the same. in some embodiments, a storage device includes a non-volatile memory including a plurality of sub-blocks that are independently erasable, and a processor configured to control a garbage collection operation on the plurality of sub-blocks. the plurality of sub-blocks includes a plurality of first sub-blocks that have a first block size and a plurality of second sub-blocks that have a second block size. the second block size is different from the first block size. the processor is further configured to select a victim sub-block with a lowest ratio of a valid page count to an invalid page count from among the plurality of sub-blocks, and copy a valid page of the victim sub-block to a target sub-block from among the plurality of sub-blocks.
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