Abstract:
A method of operating a data storage device includes programming non-fully programmed memory blocks at a point in time when a reference time elapses from a point in time when each of the memory blocks is physically erased, acquiring a first interval and a second interval, calculating a disturb index based on the first interval and the second interval, selecting a victim block for garbage collection based on the disturb index, and copying valid page data of the victim block into a free block. The first interval is defined by a point in time when each of the memory blocks is physically erased and a point in time when each of the memory blocks is fully programmed. The second interval is an interval during which a fully programmed state is maintained after a point in time when each of the memory blocks is fully programmed.
Abstract:
A method of operating a storage device includes; counting a number of fast cycles for the memory block when a program interval between two successive program operations directed to memory cells of the memory block is less than a minimal program interval, and/or when an erase interval between two successive erase operations directed to the memory block is less than a minimal erase interval, and selecting the memory block to be erased by an erase operation or selecting memory cells of the memory block to be programmed by a program operation in response to the counted number of fast cycles for the memory block.