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US 11,768,634 B2Granted
Memory system and information processing system
AssigneeKioxia Corporation
InventorsYasuhiko Kurosawa, Naomi Takeda, Masanobu Shirakawa, Yasuyuki Ushijima, Shinichi Kanno
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a nonvolatile memory and a memory controller configured to execute a patrol process, in response to a first command set from a host device. In the patrol process, the memory controller is configured to read first data from the nonvolatile memory, and not to output the first data to the host device.
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A method of controlling a nonvolatile memory, comprising:
- receiving a first command set from a host device, the first command set specifying a first period as an interval of a patrol process;
- and
- in response to the first command set, repeatedly executing the patrol process every specified interval,
- wherein, in the patrol process:
- first data is read from the nonvolatile memory;
- and
- the first data is not output to the host device.
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