Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Taewook Heo

Ho-Jin Chun

Suckhyun Nam

Minha Kim

Some example embodiments provide a storage device including a non-volatile memory; a microcontroller unit configured to monitor statuses of constituent elements of the storage device and output an abnormality signal based on the constituent elements not being in a normal status; and a storage controller configured to perform a first check and a second check different from the first check on a first firmware code stored in the microcontroller unit in response to the abnormality signal and perform recovery by using a second firmware code stored in the non-volatile memory based on at least one of the first check and the second check having failed.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Taewook Heo