摘要 |
The present invention relates to AG-AND-type flash memory which reads management information about a plurality of clusters in a short time, wherein a plurality of clusters are arranged as rows of a matrix, and a plurality of banks are arranged as columns. Single management information is stored in specific pages of all blocks belonging to a certain cluster. For instance, management information (having contents C 0 ) about cluster is stored in specific pages of all blocks. Simultaneous access can be made to a plurality of the banks. Upon system startup, the management information is read obliquely such that the management information about cluster is read from bank 0; . . . , and such that the management information about cluster 3 is read from bank 3. Accordingly, the management information about a plurality of the clusters can be read in a single access operation.
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