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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2017
Toshiba Memory Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Shunsuke Kodera, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichirou Kada, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;
Shinya Takeda, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyotaka Hayashi, Kawasaki Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshio Furuyama, Yokosuka Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuya Iwata, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;
Wangying Lin, Kawasaki Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiba Memory Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A memory system includes a controller that recognizes, as a command, a signal received immediately after a chip select signal is received from a host device, and a memory that includes a plurality of blocks. When the command is a first command, the controller outputs to the host device, information indicating whether at least one of a write operation and an erase operation with respect to at least one particular block is prohibited.