Patent ID: 8504798
Filing Date: 2013-08-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of writing data into a non-volatile memory system of a type having blocks of memory cells that are simultaneously erasable and which individually store a given number of host units of data, comprising: designating a first of the blocks for storage of a number of units of data with sequential logical addresses that is less than a pre-set proportion of the given number, the pre-set proportion being less than the given number, thereafter responding to a plurality of successive host commands to write a number of units of data less than the pre-set proportion of the given number that have sequential logical addresses by writing their data into the first designated block with sequential physical addresses, and responding to host commands to write a number of units of data having sequential logical addresses that is equal to or in excess of the pre-set proportion of said given number by writing their data into a block other than the first designated block.