Memory die and method for efficient use of data latches in serving mixed traffic loads

A method comprising:

• receiving a plurality of sense commands, wherein each sense command indicates a physical page in a non-volatile memory of a memory die having a first data latch and a second data latch to be sensed and a portion of the physical page to be stored in the second data latch;
• and
• for each sense command:
• latching data from the physical page sensed by the sense command in the first data latch;
• and
• moving data from the portion of the physical page indicated by the sense command to the second data latch.

A memory die comprising:

• a non-volatile memory organized in physical pages;
• a first data latch configured to buffer a page of data sensed from one of the physical pages of the non-volatile memory;
• a second data latch;
• and
• a data latch control module in communication with the non-volatile memory and the first and second data latches, wherein the data latch control module is configured to transfer some but not all of the data from the first data latch to the second data latch.