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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
May. 03, 2018
Applicant:
Renesas Electronics Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Takashi Kurafuji, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01); G06F 9/48 (2006.01); G11C 16/06 (2006.01); G11C 7/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/22 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01); G11C 16/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/1668 (2013.01); G06F 9/4812 (2013.01); G11C 7/1042 (2013.01); G11C 7/1075 (2013.01); G11C 16/06 (2013.01); G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 16/16 (2013.01); G11C 16/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a memory controller is configured so that when the memory controller controls a writing/erasing process for a flash memory performed by a first or second master, the memory controller can prohibit, while the first master is performing the writing/erasing process for the flash memory, an interruption of the writing/erasing process in execution, the interruption resulting from access to the flash memory by the second master.