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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2003
Applicants:
Oreste Bernardi, Bernareggio, IT;
Marco Redaelli, Carate Brianza, IT;
Corrado Villa, Sovico, IT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics S.R.L., , IT;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A non-volatile memory device is proposed. The non-volatile memory device includes a flash memory and means for executing external commands, the external commands including a first subset of commands for accessing the flash memory directly; the memory device further includes a programmable logic unit and means for storing program code for the logic unit, the external commands including a second subset of at least one command for causing the logic unit to process information stored in at least one portion of the flash memory under the control of the program code.