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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2014
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Inventor:
Nak Hee Seong, Gwacheon-si, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/08 (2016.01); G06F 12/0895 (2016.01); G06F 12/0802 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0895 (2013.01); G06F 12/0802 (2013.01); G06F 12/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of operating a memory device that includes at least one sub-memory supporting a cache mode and a memory mode, the method including receiving a mode change signal instructing the memory device to change an operation mode of the at least one sub-memory from the cache mode to the memory mode; and changing the operation mode of the at least one sub-memory from the cache mode to the memory mode without flushing the at least one sub-memory, according to the mode change signal.