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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2007
Kaoru Urata, Kanagawa, JP;
Masakazu Yoshimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kaoru Urata, Kanagawa, JP;
Masakazu Yoshimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a flash memory apparatus for storing data aggregate having a plurality of types of data in and reproduce the data aggregate from a flash memory via a plurality of ports. The flash memory apparatus includes a plurality of access request units configure to request to write data in one block of the flash memory by aligning a writing position of one block data with a page unit on a data type basis of the flash memory when the data classified by type that are inputted via the ports corresponding to the access request units on the one-to-one basis are stored to reach an amount relative to one block of the flash memory, and an access controller configured to write the data in the flash memory during time division allocated per port based on the requests incited by the respective access request units.