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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shinichi Mizoguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ; G06F 1/300 ; G06F 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ; G06F 1/300 ; G06F 3/00 ;
Abstract
A semiconductor storage device for reducing data transmission overhead and thereby reducing a drop in the data transmission rate is provided, together with a data management method therefor. A memory unit for sending data in cluster units is achieved with AND-type flash memory, and data transfers between the memory unit and a buffer unit used as cache memory are accomplished in cluster units.