Memory controller for communicating memory status information, memory system including the memory controller, and operating method of the memory controller

Abstract

An embodiment of the method includes transferring a first read command corresponding to a first cell region of the memory device through a first channel, receiving first data, read from the first cell region, from the memory device through a second channel physically separated from the first channel, transferring a status information request command through the first channel, the status information request command request the transfer of status information about a second cell region of the memory device, receiving the status information about the second cell region from the memory device through the first channel, and transferring a second read command corresponding to the second cell region of the memory device through the first channel, at least a portion of a period in which the status information is received through the first channel overlaps a period where the first data is received through the second channel.