Presentation 2017-04-20
[Invited Lecture] TLC NAND Flash Memory Control Techniques to Reduce Errors of Read-Hot and Cold Data for Data Centers
Toshiki Nakamura, Atsuro Kobayashi, Ken Takeuchi,
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Abstract(in English) In cloud data centers, NAND flash memory stores both read-hot and cold data. This paper describes that the threshold voltage distribution shifts are different between hot and cold data. In particular, threshold voltage distribution of hot data shifts complicatedly. In the conventional SSD, hot and cold data are mixed in the same NAND flash block. Thus, different read voltages cannot be applied. To solve this problem, this paper proposes SSD controller which allocates hot or cold data in hot or cold regions in TLC NAND flash. Then, apply optimal read voltages both hot and cold data. As a result, measured errors decrease by 85% and measured acceptable read cycles increase by 6.7-times.
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Keyword(in English) NAND flash memory / data center / SSD / reliability
Paper # ICD2017-6
Date of Issue 2017-04-13 (ICD)

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Conference Date 2017/4/20(2days)
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Chair Minoru Fujishima(Hiroshima Univ.)
Vice Chair Hideto Hidaka(Renesas)
Secretary Hideto Hidaka(Hiroshima Univ.)
Assistant Takashi Hashimoto(Panasonic) / Masanori Natsui(Tohoku Univ.) / Hiroyuki Ito(Tokyo Inst. of Tech.) / Pham Konkuha(Univ. of Electro-Comm.)

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Title (in English) [Invited Lecture] TLC NAND Flash Memory Control Techniques to Reduce Errors of Read-Hot and Cold Data for Data Centers
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Keyword(1) NAND flash memory
Keyword(2) data center
Keyword(3) SSD
Keyword(4) reliability
1st Author's Name Toshiki Nakamura
1st Author's Affiliation Chuo University(Chuo Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Atsuro Kobayashi
2nd Author's Affiliation Chuo University(Chuo Univ.)
3rd Author's Name Ken Takeuchi
3rd Author's Affiliation Chuo University(Chuo Univ.)
Date 2017-04-20
Paper # ICD2017-6
Volume (vol) vol.117
Number (no) ICD-9
Page pp.pp.29-34(ICD),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2017-04-13 (ICD)