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Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 26, 2017
Applicant:

SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do OT, KR;

Inventors:

David Pignatelli, Saratoga, CA (US);

Johnny Lam, Fredrick, CO (US);

Michael S. Allison, Longmont, CO (US);

Assignee:

SK Hynix Inc., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/177 (2006.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/4401 (2018.01); G06F 8/61 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/177 (2013.01); G06F 9/441 (2013.01); G06F 8/63 (2013.01); G06F 12/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A memory system includes a plurality of memory channels, each of the plurality of memory channels includes a plurality of memory dies and a die processor, each of the plurality of memory dies includes a plurality of memory blocks; and a memory controller including a monarch processor, coupled to the plurality of memory channels, wherein the die processor on each of the plurality of memory channels is configured in parallel to process to find last written data within at least a predetermined block of the plurality of memory dies; and provide information regarding the last written data to the monarch processor, the monarch processor determines which boot record to be used to identify firmware images based on the information.


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