Out-of-order per-zone command handling for zoned memory

A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing code that comprises instructions executable by processing circuitry of a memory system to cause the memory system to:

• load, into a queue, commands for one or more zones of a plurality of zones of a memory space;
• delay, in accordance with loading the commands into the queue, an execution of a first command of a first plurality of the commands for a first zone of the one or more zones in accordance with a first address of the first command being different than a current reference address of a pointer for the first zone;
• execute, in accordance with delaying the execution of the first command, a second command of the first plurality of the commands in accordance with the second command being loaded into the queue within a threshold duration of delaying the execution of the first command and on a second address of the second command matching the current reference address of the pointer for the first zone, wherein the second command is received at the memory system after the first command;
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• execute, in accordance with executing the second command, the first command in accordance with the first address matching the current reference address of the pointer for the first zone.

A method by a memory system, comprising:

• loading, into a queue, commands for one or more zones of a plurality of zones of a memory space;
• delaying, in accordance with loading the commands into the queue, an execution of a first command of a first plurality of the commands for a first zone of the one or more zones in accordance with a first address of the first command being different than a current reference address of a pointer for the first zone;
• executing, in accordance with delaying the execution of the first command, a second command of the first plurality of the commands in accordance with the second command being loaded into the queue within a threshold duration of delaying the execution of the first command and on a second address of the second command matching the current reference address of the pointer for the first zone, wherein the second command is received at the memory system after the first command;
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• executing, in accordance with executing the second command, the first command in accordance with the first address matching the current reference address of the pointer for the first zone.