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Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 07, 2016
Applicant:

Toshiba Memory Corporation, Minato-ku, JP;

Inventors:

Hiroshi Yao, Yokohama, JP;

Riki Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;

Toshikatsu Hida, Yokohama, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 11/07 (2006.01); G11C 29/52 (2006.01); G06F 1/3234 (2019.01); G06F 1/3225 (2019.01); G11C 29/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 16/3418 (2013.01); G06F 1/3225 (2013.01); G06F 1/3275 (2013.01); G06F 11/0721 (2013.01); G06F 11/0727 (2013.01); G06F 11/0793 (2013.01); G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G11C 29/52 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7205 (2013.01); G11C 16/0483 (2013.01); G11C 2029/0409 (2013.01); Y02D 10/13 (2018.01); Y02D 10/14 (2018.01);
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a controller of a host causes a memory device to transit from a first state that is an active state to a second state that is a sleep state in a case where there is no access to the memory device for a first time or more. The controller causes the memory device to transit from the second state to the first state in a case where there is no access to the memory device for a second time or more after the transition to the second state.


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