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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2012
Applicant:
Takahiro Shimizu, Yokohama, JP;
Inventor:
Takahiro Shimizu, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/1689 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory system includes semiconductor memories, and a memory controller configured to control the semiconductor memories. Each of the semiconductor memories is configured to execute an internal sequence including operations and have a wait period after an end of each of the operations, to notify, during the wait period, a status signal, which notifies in advance a start of a next operation, to the memory controller, and to start the next operation upon receiving a restart instruction of the internal sequence from the memory controller.