US 12,229,449 B2
Background operations in memory
Frank F. Ross, Boise, ID (US); and Matthew A. Prather, Boise, ID (US)
Filed by Lodestar Licensing Group LLC, Evanston, IL (US)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/466,464.
Application 18/466,464 is a continuation of application No. 17/035,259, filed on Sep. 28, 2020, granted, now 11,762,582.
Application 17/035,259 is a continuation of application No. 16/290,110, filed on Mar. 1, 2019, granted, now 10,789,015, issued on Sep. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0256182 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0659 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0613 (2013.01); G06F 3/0688 (2013.01); G06F 12/0253 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A non-volatile dual in-line memory module (NVDIMM), comprising:
a controller;
a first memory device coupled to the controller; and
a second memory device coupled to the first memory device and the controller, wherein the second memory device is in an idle state and is configured to perform garbage collection to clear unused data from the second memory device in response to detecting a command from a host to the first memory device, wherein the second memory device is in the idle state in response to the second memory device not executing a different command.