Non-volatile memory and method with multi-stream update tracking

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7366826
APP PUB NO 20060155921A1
SERIAL NO

11192220

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Update data to a non-volatile memory may be recorded in at least two interleaving streams such as either into an update block or a scratch pad block depending on a predetermined condition. The scratch pad block is used to buffered update data that are ultimately destined for the update block. Synchronization information about the order recording of updates among the streams is saved with at least one of the streams. This will allow the most recently written version of data that may exist on multiple memory blocks to be identified. In one embodiment, the synchronization information is saved in a first block and is a write pointer that points to the next recording location in a second block. In another embodiment, the synchronization information is a time stamp.

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SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC951 SANDISK DRIVE LEGAL DEP MILPITAS CA 95035

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bennett, Alan David Edinburgh, GB 48 3666
Gorobets, Sergey Anatolievich Edinburgh, GB 176 9686
Smith, Peter John Eskbank, GB 25 1601

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