Program cycle skip evaluation before write operations in non-volatile memory

A method of programming non-volatile storage, comprising:

• receiving a request to write a set of user data to a non-volatile memory array;
• identifying a set of non-volatile storage elements from the non-volatile memory array for writing the set of user data;
• identifying a set of bay address cycles, a set of column address cycles and a set of sense amp address cycles for writing the set of user data to the set of non-volatile storage elements;
• reading memory data from the set of non-volatile storage elements during a read before write operation prior to writing the set of user data;
• comparing the memory data to the set of user data to determine whether any bay address cycles, column address cycles and sense amp address cycles should be skipped;
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• programming the set of user data to the set of non-volatile storage elements based comparing the memory data to the set of user data.

A method of programming non-volatile storage, comprising:

• identifying a set of non-volatile storage elements for a request to write a set of user data to a non-volatile memory array using a set of bay address cycles, a set of column address cycles, and a set of sense amp address cycles;
• prior to writing the set of user data, comparing memory data from the set of non-volatile storage elements to the set of user data to determine whether any bay address cycles and any column address cycles should be skipped;
• determining that a first column address cycle of a first bay address cycle should not be skipped;
• programming the first set of data to the set of non-volatile storage elements, said programming includes writing a portion of the set of user data during a first sense amp address cycle of the first column address cycle;
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• while writing the portion of the set of user data during the first sense amp address cycle, evaluating whether a plurality of additional sense amp cycles of the first column address cycle should be skipped.

A method of programming non-volatile storage, comprising:

• identifying a set of non-volatile storage elements in response to a request to write a set of user data to a non-volatile memory array using a set of bay address cycles, a set of column address cycles, and a set of sense amp address cycles;
• prior to writing the set of user data, comparing memory data from the set of non-volatile storage elements to the set of user data to determine whether any bay address cycles and column address cycles should be skipped;
• determining that a first column address cycle of a first bay address cycle should not be skipped;
• determining a first sense amp address cycle of the first column address cycle that should not be skipped;
• storing an identifier for the first sense amp address cycle prior to writing the set of user data;
• programming the first set of data to the set of non-volatile storage elements based on the evaluation, said programming includes writing a portion of the set of user data during the first sense amp address cycle of the first column address cycle;
• while writing the portion of the set of user data during the first sense amp address cycle, evaluating whether a plurality of additional sense amp cycles of the first column address cycle should be skipped;
• storing skip information for the plurality of additional sense amplifier cycles;
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• programming a remaining portion of the set of user data for the first column address cycle based on the skip information for the plurality of additional sense amplifier cycles.