Dynamic garbage collection scheme based on past update times for NAND flash-based consumer electronics

• Published in: IEEE transactions on consumer electronics Vol. 61; no. 4; pp. 478 - 483
• Main Authors: Lin, Mingwei, Yao, Zhiqiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.11.2015; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Algorithm design and analysis; Consumer electronics; Consumption; Digital cameras; Dynamics; Electronics; File systems; Flash memories; Flash memory (computers); Garbage collection; Garbage collection scheme; Hardware; Java; Leveling; Memory management; NAND flash memory; Sanitation services; Storage device; Systems architecture; Wear

NAND flash memory has become the dominant storage device for consumer electronics such as smart phones, portable personal computers, and digital cameras. Because NAND flash memory often introduces an out-of-place update scheme to solve its erase-before-write hardware constraint, these consumer elect...