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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2004
Takaya Suda, Kamakura, JP;
Hiroaki Muraoka, Kamakura, JP;
Takaya Suda, Kamakura, JP;
Hiroaki Muraoka, Kamakura, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A memory management device for managing a nonvolatile semiconductor memory which comprises a plurality of blocks, and permits data to be erased in units of one block, the memory management device comprises a setting unit configured to set an address range of data to be erased in response to an erase command in a block in which the data to be erased is written, when the erase command is issued with respect to the nonvolatile semiconductor memory and a controlling unit configured to output initial-value data as data to be read in response to a data read command, when the data read command is issued with respect to the nonvolatile semiconductor memory, and then when an address range of the data to be read in response to the data read command is included in the address range set by the setting unit.