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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2015
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
David J. Pelster, Longmont, CO (US);
Yogesh B. Wakchaure, Folsom, CA (US);
Xin Guo, San Jose, CA (US);
Paul D. Ruby, Folsom, CA (US);
Justin R. Dayacap, Folsom, CA (US);
Joseph F. Doller, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Robert E. Frickey, Sacramento, CA (US);
INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Provided are an apparatus, memory controller and method for performing a block erase operation with respect to a non-volatile memory. A command is generated to perform a portion of the block erase operation. At least one read or write operation is performed after executing the command. An additional instance of the command is executed in response to determining that the block erase operation did not complete after performing the at least one read or write operation.