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US 11,693,592 B2Granted
Memory system
AssigneeKioxia Corporation
InventorsTakahiro Miomo, Prashob Ramachandran Nair, Hajime Yamazaki, Makoto Domon, Yasunori Nakamura
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Abstract
A memory system includes a first nonvolatile memory, a first processor, and a second processor. The first processor sets a first assignment amount. The second processor performs access to the first nonvolatile memory, calculates a consumed amount which is an amount according to an operation time of the first nonvolatile memory in the access, and transmits a notification to the first processor when the consumed amount reaches the first assignment amount.
Claims10
A memory system comprising:
- a first nonvolatile memory;
- a second memory;
- a first processor;
- and
- a second processor,
- wherein the first processor is configured to:
- calculate a first assignment amount indicating an operation time of the first nonvolatile memory,
- write the first assignment amount to the second memory, and
- cause the second processor to be transitioned to a second mode in response to receiving an exhaustion notification from the second processor, and
- wherein the second processor is configured to:
- perform access to the first nonvolatile memory in a first mode,
- calculate a consumed amount indicating an operation time of the first nonvolatile memory in the access,
- transmit the exhaustion notification to the first processor when the consumed amount reaches the first assignment amount in the second memory, and
- stop access to the first nonvolatile memory in the second mode,
- wherein the first processor is configured to set each of a plurality of second assignment amounts, and
- wherein the second processor is configured to:
- determine that the plurality of second assignment amounts include a first one of second assignment amount and a second one of second assignment amount, the first one of second assignment amount is different from the second one of second assignment amount, and
- transmit the exhaustion notification to the first processor when the consumed amount reaches a total amount of the first one of second assignment amount and the second one of the second assignment amount among the second assignment amounts.
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