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Memory system and control method thereof

US8015347B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 2, 2009
Grant dateSep 6, 2011
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Expiry dateSep 2, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2212/7211
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A memory system includes a nonvolatile memory including a plurality of blocks as data erase units, a measuring unit which measures an erase time at which data of each block is erased, and a block controller which writes data supplied from at least an exterior into a first block which is set in a free state and whose erase time is oldest.

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