Abstract A Solid State Drive (SSD)(110) is disclosed. The SSD (110) may include storage
(218) for data, and reception circuitry (203) to receive various instructions and data. The …

A memory system may include: a memory device including a plurality of memory blocks; and
a controller configured to control the memory device, wherein the controller comprises: a …

Methods and apparatus for controlling garbage collection in solid state devices (SSDs) are
provided. Once such apparatus includes a non-volatile memory (NVM), and a controller …

Garbage collection is performed according to an estimated number of valid pages. A storage
device estimates a valid page count at a future time based on a valid page count at each of …

A computer system having a host coupled to a storage device via a peripheral component
interconnect express bus. The host communicates write commands of low priority to the …

A memory system include a memory device including a plurality of blocks, each of the blocks
having a plurality of pages, and a controller suitable for determining valid pages from among …

According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a nonvolatile memory,
configuration unit, address translation unit, write unit and control unit. The configuration unit …

Provided are a computer program product, system and method for determining adjustments
to the spare space in a storage device unavailable to a user based on a current …

A storage system and method for adaptive scheduling of background operations are
provided. In one embodiment, after a storage system completes a host operation in the …

Abstract A Solid State Drive (SSD)(505) may include circuitry to receive data from streams
(305, 320, 335, 350). Each stream (305, 320, 335, 350) may have a Time-To-Live (TTL)(310 …