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Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021

Filed:

Sep. 16, 2016
Applicants:

Toshiba Memory Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Toshiba Information Systems (Japan) Corporation, Kawasaki, JP;

Inventors:

Yusuke Ochi, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;

Masanobu Shirakawa, Chigasaki Kanagawa, JP;

Yoshihisa Kojima, Kawasaki Kanagawa, JP;

Kiyotaka Iwasaki, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;

Katsuhiko Ueki, Tokyo, JP;

Kouji Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G11C 16/16 (2006.01); G11C 16/32 (2006.01); G11C 16/34 (2006.01); G11C 16/26 (2006.01); G11C 16/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0611 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G06F 3/0688 (2013.01); G11C 16/16 (2013.01); G11C 16/32 (2013.01); G11C 16/3445 (2013.01); G11C 16/10 (2013.01); G11C 16/26 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a storage device includes a first memory cell; a second memory cell; and a controller configured to, in response to receiving a first command set, execute a first erase operation which is included in an erase operation of data of the first memory cell, and suspend the first erase operation, and in response to receiving a second command set, execute a read operation or a write operation of the second memory cell and subsequently resume the suspended first erase operation.


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