公开(公告)号：US09679658B2

公开(公告)日：2017-06-13

申请号：US14752817

申请日：2015-06-26

Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION

Inventor： David J. Pelster ,  Yogesh B. Wakchaure ,  Xin Guo ,  Paul D. Ruby ,  Justin R. Dayacap ,  Joseph F. Doller ,  Robert E. Frickey

IPC: G11C11/34 ,  G11C16/16 ,  G11C16/26 ,  G11C16/34

CPC classification number: G11C16/16 ,  G11C16/0483 ,  G11C16/10 ,  G11C16/26 ,  G11C16/32 ,  G11C16/3445 ,  G11C2216/20

Abstract: Provided are an apparatus, memory controller and method for performing a block erase operation with respect to a non-volatile memory. A command is generated to perform a portion of the block erase operation. At least one read or write operation is performed after executing the command. An additional instance of the command is executed in response to determining that the block erase operation did not complete after performing the at least one read or write operation.