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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2008
Applicants:
Chia-hsin Chen, Taichung, TW;
Chun-kun Lee, Chupei, TW;
Inventors:
Chia-Hsin Chen, Taichung, TW;
Chun-Kun Lee, Chupei, TW;
Assignee:
Silicon Motion, Inc., Jhubei, TW;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for operating a flash memory is provided. The flash memory comprises a controller, a cache, and a plurality of blocks. By using a cache to preload data from the host, the buffer of the controller can be smaller than the capacity of a single block or omitted entirely. Smooth data transmission is still maintained.