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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 20, 1999
TDK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A flash memory system including a memory manager. The memory manager manages data transmission and reception between a host computer and a flash memory. The memory manager mutually converts a logical address in which the flash memory is accessible from the host computer, and a physical address has an actual address of the flash memory. It stores a change of internal information as &Dgr; record in said flash memory and after resetting, restores an internal state to a state before the resetting by information of the &Dgr; record. The flash memory system can be realized in which the delay of the writing/reading time can be decreased, or writing operation can be relatively easily performed, high speed operation is possible and defective sectors, defective bits and the like can be adequately managed.