Memory wear leveling

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9830087
APP PUB NO 20160139826A1
SERIAL NO

14540968

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Systems and methods for intra-sector re-ordered wear leveling include: detecting, in a memory device, a high wear sub-sector having a high wear level, the sub-sector residing in a first sector; determining a second sector of the memory device having a low wear level; swapping the first sector with the second sector; and re-ordering a position of at least one sub-sector of the first sector, the second sector, or both.

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  • MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fontana, Marco Giovanni Milan, IT 8 27
Montanaro, Massimo Cava Manara, IT 19 132

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