Miles & Stockbridge P.C.
Nonvolatile memory system having status register for rewrite control
A status register within a non-volatile semiconductor memory device chip is provided with a bit indicating whether an access is possible from the external side of the chip or not and a controller for instructing the write process to the non-volatile semiconductor device issues again a write process instruction to the same area depending on the condition of the bit of the status register. Thereby, reduction of effective memory area due to an accidental write error generated can be prevented in the system utilizing an electrically erasable and programmable non-volatile semiconductor memory device such as a flash memory.
Hitachi, Ltd.
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Keiichi
Yoshida