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Title:
STORAGE DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2008009636
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a storage device capable of extending the life of a storage area and attaining high speed start.

A storage section 2 has a plurality of blocks. The management block 2-3 stores at least one piece of management information of the storage section. A system region 2-1 is assigned to the specific block of the storage section and stores link information of the management block 2-3. A control section 3 refers to the link information of the system area 2-1 at start time to retrieve the position of the management block. When the retrieved management block becomes full in association with updating of management information, the control section 3 assigns another empty block of the storage section to update the management block, and updates the link information of the system area to an address of the assigned empty block.


Inventors:
ISHIGAMI HISATSUGU
ISHIKAWA KAZUO
SATO KAZUNORI
NISHIOMOTE TAMIO
Application Number:
JP2006178513A
Publication Date:
January 17, 2008
Filing Date:
June 28, 2006
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Assignee:
TOSHIBA MICRO ELECTRONICS
TOSHIBA CORP
International Classes:
G06F12/16; G06K19/07
Domestic Patent References:
JP2005085011A2005-03-31
JPH06119252A1994-04-28
JP2004234473A2004-08-19
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takehiko Suzue
Satoshi Kono
Makoto Nakamura
Kurata Masatoshi
Takashi Mine
Yoshihiro Fukuhara
Sadao Muramatsu
Ryo Hashimoto