A hybrid flash file system based on NOR and NAND flash memories for embedded devices

IEEE Transactions on Computers

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1002-1008

  Lee, Chul ^a   Baek, Sung Hoon ^a   Park, Kyu Ho ^a  

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

Author keywords

Embedded device; File system management; NAND flash; NOR flash; Storage management

Indexed keywords

EMBEDDED DEVICE; FILE SYSTEM MANAGEMENT; NAND FLASH; NOR FLASH; STORAGE MANAGEMENT;

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; DURABILITY; NAND CIRCUITS; RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE;

FLASH MEMORY;

EID: 65449151815     PISSN: 00189340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TC.2008.14     Document Type: Article

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