US 12,079,122 B2
Sequential garbage collection
David A. Palmer, Boise, ID (US)
Assigned to Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US)
Filed by Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, ID (US)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/899,137.
Prior Publication US 2024/0070063 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 12/02 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 12/0253 (2013.01) [G06F 12/0238 (2013.01); G06F 2212/202 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a memory device comprising a plurality of memory blocks associated with a plurality of logical block addresses (LBAs);
a controller coupled to the memory device and configured to:
monitor a quantity of read operations and a quantity of write operations associated with a plurality of command sizes, wherein the quantity of read operations and the quantity of write operations are performed on a portion of the plurality of memory blocks; and
determine a type of garbage collection operation to perform based on the monitoring.