BOOTING A MEMORY DEVICE FROM A HOST

• Main Authors: FAI ANTHONY, WAKRAT NIR JACOB, SEROFF NICHOLAS
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Korean
• Published: 10.01.2013
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; PHYSICS

PURPOSE: Booting of a memory device by using a host is provided to increase a booting speed of the memory device, thereby minimizing an access delay of data stored in the memory device. CONSTITUTION: A process is started by receiving a request for booting information from a memory device. A NVM(Non Volatile Memory) package provides boot information as a firmware type to a host device. The process is started by access necessity and power-off determination for the memory device(404). The host device receives a reading request for a range of logical addresses. [Reference numerals] (402) Receiving a request for boot information from a memory device; (404) Determining the necessity of an access to the memory device and the power off of the memory device; (406) Providing boot command to the memory device; (408) Receiving an instruction which indicates the preparation of the memory device; (410) Transmitting the boot information to the memory device; (412) Providing commands to the memory device/standing by responses; (414) Implementing the power down of the memory device; (AA) Start