US 12,260,122 B2
Storage controller providing status information of zone region, method of operating the same, and method of operating electronic device having the same
Minkyeong Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Jaesub Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Junho Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Yangwoo Roh, Suwon-si (KR); Youkun Shin, Suwon-si (KR); and Donghee Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Sep. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/369,524.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2023-0038164 (KR), filed on Mar. 23, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0319918 A1, Sep. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0659 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a storage controller which communicates with a host device and a non-volatile memory device, the method comprising:
receiving a first command from the host device indicating a read operation of first status information of a first zone random write area (ZRWA) in a first zone region, wherein the first command complies with a zoned namespace (ZNS) standard;
obtaining the first status information from a zone status table in the storage controller based on the first command, wherein the first status information indicates at least a portion of a first physical region of the non-volatile memory device corresponding to the first ZRWA in which first data are stored; and
providing the first status information to the host device.