Semiconductor memory card access apparatus, a computer-readable medium, an initialization method, and a semiconductor memory card
US8473671B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 3, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jun 25, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 3, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG11B20/00086
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A predetermined number of erasable blocks positioned at a start of a volume area in a semiconductor memory card are provided so as to include volume management information. A user area following the volume management information includes a plurality of clusters. A size of the partition control area of an area from a master boot record & partition table sector to a partition boot sector is determined so that the plurality of clusters in the user area are not arranged so as to straddle erasable block boundaries. Since cluster boundaries and erasable block boundaries in the user area are aligned, there is no need to perform wasteful processing in which two erasable blocks are erased to rewrite one cluster.
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