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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2007
Applicants:
Takeshi Ishimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Takeshi Ishimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A nonvolatile semiconductor memory apparatus is disclosed which includes: a nonvolatile memory configured to be electrically rewritable; and a controller configured to control access to the nonvolatile memory based on information about access to the nonvolatile memory; wherein the controller selects one of a plurality of trade-offs between access reliability and performance and carries out access control in accordance with the selected trade-off.