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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2020
Silicon Motion, Inc., Zhubei, TW;
Chun-Chieh Chang, Taipei, TW;
Hsing-Lang Huang, Zhubei, TW;
SILICON MOTION, INC., Zhubei, TW;
Abstract
The invention is related to a non-transitory computer program product, a method and an apparatus for controlling access to a flash memory card. The method, performed by a processing unit of a bridge integrate circuit (IC), includes: determining whether a temperature of a motherboard has exceeded a threshold through a temperature sensor IC after receiving a host read or write command from a host side; requesting a flash memory card to enter a sleep state when the temperature of the motherboard has exceeded the threshold; and instructing the flash memory card to perform an operation corresponding to the host read or write command when the temperature of the motherboard hasn't exceeded the threshold. The bridge IC and the temperature sensor IC are disposed on the motherboard, the flash memory card is inserted into a card slot on the motherboard, and the bridge IC is coupled to the temperature sensor IC and the flash memory card through a circuit of the motherboard.