Peng Wei
ABSTRACT
Flash memory based embedded systems are becoming increasingly prevalent. Garbage collection mechanism is a critical issue in these systems, especially in embedded real-time systems. Therefore, in this article, we discuss the influence of the capacity utilization (percentage of fullness) of the flash memory on allocating and recycling, and propose a new flash memory management technique, namely PETFM. The proposed technique improves the performance of garbage collection mechanism by allocating free pages from different allocated-blocks for data to be updated, based on their predicted expiry-time. The analytical and experimental results show that garbage collection of PETFM is more efficient and effective under high capacity utilization in embedded real-time systems.
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Index Terms
- Flash memory management based on predicted data expiry-time in embedded real-time systems
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