Storage device and method of operating the same

Abstract

Provided herein may be a storage device configured to check a status of a memory device based on data read without output of a status check command, and determine a subsequent command to be generated. The storage device may include a memory device and a memory controller configured to control the memory device. The memory device may include a read data generator configured to generate new read data including both read data corresponding to a read command received from the memory controller and information indicating a status of the memory device. The memory controller may include: a status information determiner configured to determine the status of the memory device based on the new read data received from the read data generator and generate status information and a command generator configured to generate a command to be output to the memory device based on the status information.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.