US 12,340,116 B2
Memory system adaptively allocating a buffer memory, memory controller and method of operating the same
Hae Lyong Song, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Woong Sik Shin, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed by SK hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Sep. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/466,831.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2023-0054108 (KR), filed on Apr. 25, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0361956 A1, Oct. 31, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0658 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0683 (2013.01); G06F 3/0604 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A memory system comprising:
a storage device;
a buffer memory including a first portion and a second portion; and
a memory controller suitable for:
detecting a set event,
storing external data in the first portion before the event is detected, without storing the external data in the second portion, and
storing the external data in the second portion after the event is detected, without storing the external data in the first portion, wherein the external data is associated with a read request or a write request from an external device.