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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2009
Luke William Friendshuh, Elko, MN (US);
Mark Allen Gaertner, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
Jonathan Williams Haines, Boulder, CO (US);
Timothy Richard Feldman, Louisville, CO (US);
Luke William Friendshuh, Elko, MN (US);
Mark Allen Gaertner, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
Jonathan Williams Haines, Boulder, CO (US);
Timothy Richard Feldman, Louisville, CO (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Data stripes and addressing for flash memory devices are provided. Flash memory devices illustratively have a plurality of programmable devices that are capable of simultaneously storing data. A plurality of erasure blocks are within each of the programmable devices, and each erasure block has pages of transistors. The flash memory devices are logically organized as a plurality of stripes. Each stripe has a height and a width. In an embodiment, the stripe height is greater than one page. In another embodiment, the stripe width is less than all of the programmable devices within the flash memory device.