Micron technology, inc. (20240176496). OPTIMIZING DATA RELIABILITY USING ERASE RETENTION simplified abstract

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OPTIMIZING DATA RELIABILITY USING ERASE RETENTION

Organization Name

micron technology, inc.

Inventor(s)

Zhongguang Xu of San Jose CA (US)

Ronit Roneel Prakash of Hiratsuka (JP)

Murong Lang of San Jose CA (US)

Ching-Huang Lu of Fremont CA (US)

Zhenming Zhou of San Jose CA (US)

OPTIMIZING DATA RELIABILITY USING ERASE RETENTION - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20240176496 titled 'OPTIMIZING DATA RELIABILITY USING ERASE RETENTION

Simplified Explanation

The patent application describes methods, systems, and apparatuses for managing memory by moving invalid portions to a garbage pool and erasing them. It also involves moving erased portions from the garbage pool to a free pool for reuse.

  • Memory management system involving moving invalid memory portions to a garbage pool.
  • Erasing invalid memory portions to free up space.
  • Receiving requests to move memory portions from the garbage pool to a free pool.
  • Free pool includes a queue of erased memory portions for reuse.
  • Moving erased memory portions from the garbage pool to the free pool.

Potential Applications

This technology could be applied in:

  • Data storage systems
  • Operating systems
  • Virtual memory management

Problems Solved

This technology solves issues related to:

  • Efficient memory management
  • Optimizing memory usage
  • Recycling erased memory portions

Benefits

The benefits of this technology include:

  • Improved memory utilization
  • Faster memory access times
  • Reduced memory fragmentation

Potential Commercial Applications

This technology could be commercially applied in:

  • Cloud computing services
  • Mobile devices
  • Embedded systems

Possible Prior Art

One possible prior art for this technology could be memory management techniques used in operating systems or database systems.

Unanswered Questions

How does this technology handle memory leaks?

This technology does not specifically address memory leaks, as it focuses on managing invalid memory portions and reusing erased memory. Memory leaks may still need to be addressed through other means in conjunction with this technology.

Can this technology be applied to non-volatile memory systems?

This technology is primarily focused on managing volatile memory. Adapting it for use in non-volatile memory systems may require additional considerations and modifications to account for the differences in memory characteristics.


Original Abstract Submitted

methods, systems, and apparatuses include moving a portion of memory to a garbage pool in response to determining that the portion of memory is invalid. the portion of memory is erased in response to determining that the portion of memory is invalid. a request to move an additional portion of memory to a free pool from the garbage pool is received. a free pool includes a queue including erased portions of memory, which serve as next portions of memory to fulfill subsequent cursor requests. the erased portion of memory is moved from the garbage pool to the free pool.