A non-volatile semiconductor memory is disclosed comprising a non-volatile memory array including a plurality of blocks, each block comprising a plurality of memory segments each assigned a physical address. A logical address is read from a first block, wherein the logical address corresponds to a physical address of one of the memory segments. When the memory segment corresponding to the logical address is valid, a translation table is updated using the logical address, wherein the translation table for mapping logical addresses to physical addresses. When the memory segment corresponding to the logical address is invalid, a dirty table is updated using the logical address. The dirty table is used to perform a garbage collection operation, wherein invalid memory segments are erased without being relocated.