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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2019
Silicon Motion, Inc., Jhubei, TW;
Kuan-Yu Ke, Zhubei, TW;
Silicon Motion, Inc., Hsinchu County, TW;
Abstract
A data storage device includes a memory device and a memory controller. The memory device includes multiple memory blocks. The memory blocks include multiple table blocks configured to store tables and multiple data blocks configured to store data. The memory controller is configured to receive a predefined command which is a command from a host device to instruct the memory controller to perform initialization of the data storage device. The initialization of the data storage device includes a plurality of processing procedures which include a first portion of processing procedures and a second portion of processing procedures. The memory controller is configured to perform the first portion of processing procedures in response to the predefined command. After the first portion of processing procedures has been finished, the memory controller is configured to notify the host device that the data storage device is ready.