US 12,189,973 B2
Block allocation and erase techniques for sequentially-written memory devices
Amit Bhardwaj, Hyderabad (IN)
Assigned to Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US)
Filed by Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US)
Filed on Jan. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/101,722.
Application 18/101,722 is a division of application No. 17/381,945, filed on Jul. 21, 2021, granted, now 11,593,018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0176764 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0652 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0616 (2013.01); G06F 3/064 (2013.01); G06F 3/0644 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a processing device, a write command directed to a target zone of a memory device;
responsive to determining that a first portion of the target zone is open, executing the write command at the first portion;
responsive to determining that the first portion has reached a threshold capacity, identifying a second portion allocated to a media management pool, wherein a program erase cycle counter of the second portion satisfies a threshold criterion associated with a zone reset counter associated with the target zone;
erasing one or more blocks associated with the second portion; and
allocating the second portion to a free block list.