Patent ID: 11899953
Assignee: MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. The memory device of claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to:
add an extent containing the memory address to the list of unmarked extents when the list of unmarked extents is not full; and
when the list of unmarked extents is full,
compare a size of the extent of the memory address to a size of a smallest unmarked extent in the list;
set a meta state associated with the extent of the memory address to marked when size of the extent of the memory address is smaller than the size of the smallest unmarked extent; and
swap the extent of the memory address with the smallest sized unmarked extent and set a meta state of the smallest unmarked extent removed from the list to marked.