한국정보과학회논문지:컴퓨팅의 실제 및 레터 (Journal of KIISE:Computing Practices and Letters)

한국정보과학회 (Korean Institute of Information Scientists and Engineers)
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마모 제어 영역을 활용한 플래시 메모리 마모평준화

Flash Memory Wear-Leveling using Regulation Pools

  • 박정수 (서울대학교 컵퓨터공학부) ;
  • 민상렬 (서울대학교 컵퓨터공학부)
  • 투고 : 2010.08.10
  • 심사 : 2010.10.27
  • 발행 : 2010.12.15
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초록

본 논문에서는 마모 제어 영역(Regulation Pool)을 활용한 플래시 메모리 마모평준화 기법을 제안한다. 제안하는 기법은 FTL의 메타데이터 저장영역을 Regulation Pool로 활용하여 소거횟수가 낮은 블록에 쓰기 및 소거연산을 집중시키는 방식을 통해 간단하고 효율적인 마모평준화를 수행할 수 있다. 본 기법을 RS-FTL에 적용하여 시뮬레이션에 기반한 실험을 수행한 결과, 기법을 적용하지 않은 경우에 비해 플래시 메모리 전체 블록간 소거횟수의 편차가 약 40% 정도 감소하는 것을 확인하였다.

In this paper, we propose a flash memory wear-leveling scheme that makes use of meta-data storage region as a regulation pool. By concentrating program and erase operations on the blocks with lower erase counts in the regulation pool, the proposed scheme achieve an even wear-leveling in a simple and efficient way. Experiments with an implementation of the proposed scheme in RS-FTL showed that the erase count deviation is reduced by around 40% through the erase count regulation.

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