IP & T Group LLP
Apparatus and method for retaining firmware in memory system
A memory system includes a memory device including plural memory blocks divided into a system region, a user data region and a reserved region. The system region includes a first block storing original firmware and a second block storing copied firmware, and the reserved region includes a dedicated test block having an operational characteristic that substantially the same as that of the second block. The memory system includes a controller configured to access the dedicated test block for determining a status of the second block based on an operation state of the dedicated test block, and to update both the dedicated test block and the second block based on the status of the second block.
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Park Lee Kim