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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016

Filed:

May. 04, 2015
Applicant:

Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kris Conklin, Burnsville, MN (US);

Bruce Dunlop, Bloomington, MN (US);

Mark Allen Gaertner, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);

Ryan James Goss, Prior Lake, MN (US);

Assignee:

Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/12 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1016 (2013.01); G06F 2212/7203 (2013.01);
Abstract

Method and apparatus for managing data in a memory, such as a flash memory. In accordance with some embodiments, a memory module has a plurality of solid-state non-volatile memory cells. A controller communicates a first command having address information and a first operation code. The first operation code identifies a first action to be taken by the memory module in relation to the address information. The controller subsequently communicates a second command having a second operation code without corresponding address information. The memory module takes a second action identified by the second command using the address information from the first command.


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