US 11,893,255 B2
Memory system for managing data corresponding to a plurality of zones and operating method thereof
Bo Kyeong Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed by SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Apr. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/726,771.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0183868 (KR), filed on Dec. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0195342 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/064 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0602 (2013.01); G06F 3/0655 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A memory system comprising:
a memory device including a plurality of memory blocks each including a plurality of pages; and
a memory controller configured to:
write data corresponding to a plurality of zones to a first area including two or more of the plurality of memory blocks, and
flush the data corresponding to a first zone among the plurality of zones to a second area including two or more of the plurality of memory blocks on determination that a flush condition set for the first zone is satisfied,
wherein a size of each of the plurality of zones is less than or equal to a storage capacity of each of the plurality of memory blocks.