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Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 03, 2013
Applicant:

Phison Electronics Corp., Miaoli, TW;

Inventors:

Yi-Hsiang Huang, Hsinchu, TW;

Chao-Ming Chan, Hsinchu County, TW;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for managing commands in a command queue, a memory controller, and a memory storage apparatus are provided. The method includes: storing at least one first command in a command queue register according to a plurality of first indication bits and updating the first indication bits according to a current storage status of the command queue register; generating a plurality of updated second indication bits according to the updated first indication bits and a plurality of second indication bits. The method also includes: obtaining at least one first command index corresponding to at least one register block storing the at least one first command in the command queue register according to the updated second indication bits and adding the at least one first command index into a command index register; executing commands corresponding to un-executed command indices in the command queue register.


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