US 12,189,526 B2
Memory system performing garbage collection operation by exchanging information related to garbage collection with host and method of operating the memory system
Hye Mi Kang, Icheon (KR)
Assigned to SK hynix Inc., Icheon (KR)
Filed by SK hynix Inc., Icheon (KR)
Filed on Nov. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/507,963.
Application 18/507,963 is a continuation of application No. 17/307,868, filed on May 4, 2021, granted, now 11,853,202.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0144626 (KR), filed on Nov. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0086318 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 12/0891 (2016.01)
CPC G06F 12/0253 (2013.01) [G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G06F 12/0891 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7201 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A memory system, comprising:
a storage device including:
a memory device that includes a plurality of memory blocks allocated to a plurality of zones, and
a memory controller that is configured to communicate with a host using a host interface; and
the host configured to provide information indicating that a garbage collection operation is to be performed on a target zone among the plurality of zones to the memory controller based on information related to the plurality of zones,
wherein the memory controller performs the garbage collection operation, in response to an operation request, which is received from the host through the host interface, for performing the garbage collection operation on the target zone controlled by the host.