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Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 29, 2016
Applicant:

Toshiba Memory Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Mitsuaki Honma, Fujisawa Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/10 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/16 (2006.01); G11C 16/26 (2006.01); G11C 29/52 (2006.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G11C 29/02 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 29/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1068 (2013.01); G06F 3/064 (2013.01); G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0634 (2013.01); G06F 3/0647 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G06F 11/1048 (2013.01); G11C 7/1063 (2013.01); G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 16/16 (2013.01); G11C 16/26 (2013.01); G11C 29/021 (2013.01); G11C 29/028 (2013.01); G11C 29/52 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01); G11C 2029/0409 (2013.01); G11C 2029/0411 (2013.01);
Abstract

A memory system includes a semiconductor memory device having a memory cell array including a first area and a second area, and a controller configured to issue to the semiconductor memory device a first command designating reading of data from the first area using a first data reading scheme and a flag status associated with the data. If the flag status indicates the data is in a first state, the controller issues the second command to cause the data to be output from the semiconductor memory device to the controller. If the flag status indicates the data is in a second state, the controller issues the third command to cause the data to be transferred from the first area to the second area.


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