A new FTL-based flash memory management scheme with fast cleaning mechanism

Proceedings of The International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems, ICESS 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 205-214

  Chiang, Mei Ling ^a   Cheng, Chen Lon ^a   Wu, Chun Hung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; MECHANISMS; MOBILE DEVICES; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

EMBEDDED SOFTWARES; FLASH TRANSLATION LAYER; HARD DISKS; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; LARGE CAPACITY; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; NAND-TYPE FLASH MEMORY; NON-VOLATILITY; SHOCK-RESISTANCE; SIMULATION RESULTS; SPACE RECLAMATION; SPEED UPS; STORAGE MANAGEMENT; STORAGE SPACES; SYSTEM PERFORMANCES;

FLASH MEMORY;

EID: 51849103691     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICESS.2008.87     Document Type: Conference Paper

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