Macronix International Co., Ltd.

Shunli Cheng

Shih-Chou Juan

Nai-Ping Kuo

Chien-Hsin Liu

Jia-Xing Lin

A memory device and a management method thereof are provided. The memory device includes a controller and at least one memory channel. The memory channel includes at least one memory chip. The at least one memory chip is commonly coupled to the controller through an interrupt signal wire. The at least one memory chip generates at least one local interrupt signal and performs a logic operation on the at least one local interrupt signal to generate a common interrupt signal. The interrupt signal wire is configured to transmit the common interrupt signal to the controller.

Memory device and management method thereof

Method and apparatus for improving continuous read operations with expanded serial interface are provided. In one aspect, a device comprises: a memory configured to store data; a buffer configured to receive data from outside of the device and transfer the received data to the memory; a plurality of input pins configured to be coupled to an expanded serial peripheral interface (xSPI); and a processor configured to: select a slave device, through the xSPI, from a plurality of slave devices, send instruction data to the slave device for data reading, receive data, through the xSPI, from the selected slave device, and receive a signal on a data strobe line of the xSPI and determine data reading operations based on the received signal.

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Zhubei, Taiwan

Shunli Cheng