Fast data access through page manipulation

A memory system, comprising:

• a non-volatile memory;
• a serial interface configured to transfer a data packet during data operations to the non-volatile memory;
• a write aligner configured to receive the data packet from the interface during a write operation, to align data included in the data packet, and to generate aligned data with a starting address anywhere within a block of addresses in the non-volatile memory;
• a write enable module configured to enable at least one address in the block of addresses;
• a write page buffer module configured to receive aligned data from the write aligner and to output the aligned data to the block of addresses;
• a read aligner configured to receive a block of data from the non-volatile memory during a read access, to align data included in the block of data, and to generate aligned data;
• and
• a read page buffer module configured to receive the aligned data from the read aligner and to transfer the aligned data to the interface.

A method for data operations, comprising:

• receiving data at an interface;
• aligning a bit alignment of the data to generate aligned data;
• storing the aligned data in a page buffer module, the page buffer module being configured to store the aligned data for a write access to a non-volatile memory and to store retrieved data from a read access to the non-volatile memory;
• writing the aligned data to the non-volatile memory;
• and
• transferring the retrieved data from the read access to the interface.