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Patent No.:

US 9823880 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2016

Method and apparatus for initiating pre-read operation before completion of data load operation

Applicant:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Koichi Kawai, Yokohama, JP;

Tomoharu Tanaka, Yokohama, JP;

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:

Patent Capital Group

Primary Examiner:

Pho M Luu

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G11C 16/04 (2006.01); G11C 16/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/064 (2013.01); G06F 3/0611 (2013.01); G06F 3/0665 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01); G11C 16/0408 (2013.01); G11C 16/26 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a storage device comprising a NAND flash memory array, the storage device to program, during a first programming pass, a plurality of cells of a first wordline of the NAND flash memory array to store a first page of data; initiate a read of the first page of data prior to completion of loading of a second page of data to be programmed during a second programming pass; and program, during the second programming pass, the plurality of cells of the first wordline of the NAND flash memory array to store the first page of data and the second page of data.

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