摘要 |
The present disclosure provides a flash memory device including a flash memory comprising a plurality of nonvolatile memory cells, divided into a plurality of erase units; a memory section dedicated to storing erase status information, the erase status information indicating an erase status of the plurality of erase units; and a memory controller configured to receive an erase request indicating at least one erase unit; store erase status information for the at least one erase unit in the memory section; perform an erase operation on the at least one erase unit; and update the stored erase status information upon completion of the erase operation. In addition, the present disclosure provides a way how incomplete erase commands can be handled transparently in a fail safe way. |