Alexander Yucovich

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Flash memory is a write-once medium in which re-programming cells requires first erasing the block that contains them. The lifetime of the flash is a function of the number of block erasures and can be as small as several thousands. To reduce the number of block erasures, pages, which are the smallest write unit, are rewritten out-of-place in the memory. A(More)
Flash memory is prevalent in modern servers and devices. Coupled with the scaling down of flash technology, the popularity of flash memory motivates the search for methods to increase flash reliability and lifetime. Era-sures are the dominant cause of flash cell wear, but reducing them is challenging because flash is a write-once medium— memory cells must(More)
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