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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2015
Sandisk Enterprise Ip Llc, Milpitas, CA (US);
Robert W. Ellis, Phoenix, AZ (US);
James M. Higgins, Chandler, AZ (US);
Ryan R. Jones, Mesa, AZ (US);
SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of operation in a non-volatile memory system includes starting execution of a first memory operation from a first queue and in conjunction with starting a first timer, set to expire after a first predetermined time interval. The method further includes, in accordance with a determination that the first timer has expired, determining whether a second queue contains at least one memory operation for execution, and if so, suspending the first memory operation, executing a second memory operation from the second queue, and after completing execution of the second memory operation from the second queue, performing one or more subsequent operations (e.g., resuming execution of the first memory operation and restarting the first timer). In addition, the method includes, when the second queue does not contain at least one memory operation for execution, restarting the first timer, and continuing execution of the first memory operation from the first queue.