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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2006
Khein-seng Pua, Hsinchu, TW;
Horace Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Khein-Seng Pua, Hsinchu, TW;
Horace Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Phison Electronics Corp., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A flash memory and a method for utilizing the same are disclosed. The method for utilizing a flash memory includes the steps of: a) providing a flash memory of a single chip; b) formatting the flash memory and marking bad blocks of the flash memory as a bad-block area free of reliably saved data; c) calculating a capacity of an available memory with the flash memory, wherein the available memory excludes the bad-block area of the flash memory; and d) dividing the available memory into a first storing memory and a second storing memory, wherein the first storing memory and the second storing memory have different capacities.