An efficient NAND flash file system for flash memory storage

IEEE Transactions on Computers

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 906-912

  Lim, Seung Ho ^a   Park, Kyu Ho ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Flash file system; Flash translation layer; Garbage collection; NAND flash memory; Scan

Indexed keywords

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; HARD DISK STORAGE; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); NAND CIRCUITS;

FLASH FILE SYSTEM; FLASH TRANSLATION LAYER; GARBAGE COLLECTION;

FLASH MEMORY;

EID: 33744799458     PISSN: 00189340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TC.2006.96     Document Type: Article

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