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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2008
Tony Yoon, Cupertino, CA (US);
Akio Goto, Saitama, JP;
Chi Kong Lee, Fremont, CA (US);
Masayuki Urabe, Isehara, JP;
Tony Yoon, Cupertino, CA (US);
Akio Goto, Saitama, JP;
Chi Kong Lee, Fremont, CA (US);
Masayuki Urabe, Isehara, JP;
Marvell World Trade Ltd., St. Michael, BB;
Abstract
Methods, systems and computer program products for implementing a polling process among one or more flash memory devices are described. In some implementations, the polling process may include sending a read status command to a flash memory device to detect the ready or busy state of the flash memory device. A status register may be included in the flash memory device for storing a status signal indicating an execution state of a write (or erase) operation. A solid state drive system may perform the polling process by reading the status register of the flash memory device.