Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Semiconductor memory system having a snapshot function
- Patent Title (中): 具有快照功能的半导体存储器系统
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Application No.: US11783364Application Date: 2007-04-09
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Publication No.: US08151060B2Publication Date: 2012-04-03
- Inventor: Nagamasa Mizushima
- Applicant: Nagamasa Mizushima
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Priority: JP2006-320240 20061128; JP2007-036236 20070216
- Main IPC: G06F12/00
- IPC: G06F12/00 ; G06F11/00 ; G11C16/02

Abstract:
In a semiconductor memory computer equipped with a flash memory, use of backed-up data is enabled. The semiconductor memory computer includes an address conversion table for detecting physical addresses of at least two pages storing data by designating a logical address from one of logical addresses to be designated by a reading request. The semiconductor memory computer includes a page status register for detecting one page status allocated to each page, and page statuses to be detected include the at least following four statuses: (1) a latest data storage status, (2) a not latest data storage status, (3) an invalid data storage status, and (4) an unwritten status. By using the address conversion table and the page status register, at least two data s (latest data and past data) can be read for one designated logical address from a host computer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080126712A1 Semiconductor memory system having a snapshot function Public/Granted day:2008-05-29
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