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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 23, 2016
Applicant:

Toshiba Memory Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Hiroki Nakata, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;

Manabu Matsumoto, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/061 (2013.01); G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0614 (2013.01); G06F 3/0634 (2013.01); G06F 3/0635 (2013.01); G06F 3/0664 (2013.01); G06F 3/0688 (2013.01); G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G06F 12/0253 (2013.01); G06F 13/1668 (2013.01); G06F 13/4068 (2013.01); G06F 13/4282 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1044 (2013.01); G06F 2212/205 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7205 (2013.01);
Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a first substrate on which an interface unit connectable to a host device is provided, a first memory module on the first substrate, and a first controller on the first substrate. The first controller includes a control unit that controls the first memory module, and a switching unit that switches an operation mode in response to a command from the host device. A first connecting portion is provided on the first substrate and is electrically connected to the first memory module and the first controller. The first controller can directly access a second memory module through the first connecting portion. Thus, for example the first controller can read data stored in the second memory module depending on operation mode.


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