Lexar Media, Inc.

Micron Technology Incorporated

Steffen Markus Hellmold

Martin Ragnar Furuhjelm

Petro Estakhri

Neal Anthony Galbo

Ngon Van Le

Jerrold Allen Beckmann

Jarreth Romero Solomon

In one embodiment of the present invention, a memory device is disclosed to include memory organized into blocks, each block having a status associated therewith and all of the blocks of the nonvolatile memory having collectively a capacity status associated therewith and a display for showing the capacity status even when no power is being applied to the display.

Storage capacity status

A nonvolatile memory system includes nonvolatile memory organized into blocks, one or more of which are designated as spare blocks and one or more of which may be defective at the time of manufacturing of the nonvolatile memory. A controller device is coupled to the nonvolatile memory for measuring the health status of the nonvolatile memory by determining the number of growing defects on an on-going basis.

Status of overall health of nonvolatile memory

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Novato, CA, United States of America

Steffen Markus Hellmold