In NAND flash-based storage systems, an intermediate software layer called a flash
translation layer (FTL) is usually employed to hide the erase-before-write characteristics of …

This paper presents a novel buffer management scheme for portable media players
equipped with flash memory. Though flash memory has various advantages over magnetic …

In this article, a novel FTL (flash translation layer) architecture is proposed for NAND flash-
based applications such as MP3 players, DSCs (digital still cameras) and SSDs (solid-state …

NAND flash-based SSDs suffer from limited lifetime due to the fact that NAND flash can only
be programmed or erased for limited times. Among various approaches to address this …

Solid State Drives (SSD's) have shown promise to be a candidate to replace traditional hard
disk drives. The benefits of SSD's over HDD's include better durability, higher performance …

Solid State Drives (SSD's) have shown promise to be a candidate to replace traditional hard
disk drives, but due to certain physical characteristics of NAND flash, there are some …

NAND Flash memory has become the preferred nonvolatile choice for portable consumer
electronic devices. Features such as high density, low cost, and fast write times make NAND …

It was in 1965, just after the invention of the bipolar transistor by W. Shockley, W. Brattain
and J. Bardeen, that Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel, observed that the number of …

This paper presents a cross-layer co-design approach to reduce SSD read response
latency. The key is to cohesively exploit the NAND flash memory device write speed vs. raw …

NAND Flash Memories require Garbage Collection (GC) and Wear Leveling (WL)
operations to be carried out by Flash Translation Layers (FTLs) that oversee flash …