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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2009
Boris Dolgunov, Ramat-Gan, IL;
Michael Holtzman, Kfar Vradim, IL;
Ron Barzilai, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Eran Shen, Naharya, IL;
Boris Dolgunov, Ramat-Gan, IL;
Michael Holtzman, Kfar Vradim, IL;
Ron Barzilai, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Eran Shen, Naharya, IL;
SanDisk Technologies Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A method and memory device for implementing long operations and supporting multiple streams are provided. In one embodiment, a memory device receives data and a command from a host to perform an operation on the data, wherein a time required for the memory device to complete the operation exceeds a maximum response time for the memory device to respond to the command. The memory device begins performing the operation on the data and, before exceeding the maximum response time and before completing the operation, sends the context of the operation to the host. At a later time, the memory device receives from the host: (i) a command to resume performing the operation and (ii) the context. The memory device then resumes performing the operation on the data based on the context received from the host.