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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2024
Kioxia Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoya Sanuki, Yokkaichi Mie, JP;
Hitomi Tanaka, Ota Tokyo, JP;
Hajime Sano, Katsushika Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuro Hitomi, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhito Yoshimizu, Kawasaki Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuma Hasegawa, Kamakura Kanagawa, JP;
Kioxia Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A system includes a rack, a heat treatment device configured to perform a heat treatment, one or more conveyance devices, and a host. The host is configured to determine a target memory chip to be subjected to the heat treatment by the heat treatment device among memory chips in a plurality of drives mounted on the rack, and disable communication with a target drive on which the target memory chip is mounted. The host is configured to control the conveyance devices to dismount the target drive from the rack, detach a component including the target memory chip from the target drive, convey the detached component to the heat treatment device, reattach the component including the target memory chip that has undergone the heat treatment to a drive, and mount the drive with the component including the target memory chip that has undergone the heat treatment on the rack.