Memory system and operating method thereof
AssigneeSK hynix Inc.
InventorBeom Ju SHIN
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Abstract
A memory system includes a memory device including a plurality of command registers; and a memory controller configured to determine whether an empty command register exists among the plurality of command registers, and transmit a new command to the memory device, when an empty command register exists, wherein, when the new command is transmitted from the memory controller, the memory device stores the transmitted new command in the empty command register.
Claims20
A memory system comprising:
- a memory device including a plurality of command registers;
- and
- a memory controller configured to determine whether an empty command register exists among the plurality of command registers, and transmit a new command to the memory device, when an empty command register exists,
- wherein, when the new command is transmitted from the memory controller, the memory device stores the new command in the empty command register.
A memory system comprising:
- a memory device;
- and
- a memory controller configured to control an operation of the memory device,
- wherein the memory device comprises:
- plural command registers configured to store commands transmitted from the memory controller;
- a command state register configured to store state information of the commands stored in the command registers, and
- a control logic configured to store the transmitted command in an empty one of the command registers,
- wherein the memory controller determines by checking the command state register whether an empty command register exists among the command registers, and transmits a new command to the memory device when an empty command register exists.
A method for operating a memory system including a memory device, which includes a plurality of command registers, and a memory controller, which controls an operation of the memory device, the method comprising:
- determining whether an empty command register exists among the plurality of command registers;
- transmitting a new command to the memory device when an empty command register exists;
- and
- storing the transmitted command in the empty command register.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.