Patent ID: 11966621
Assignee: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 10:
11. A method of operating non-volatile storage, the method comprising:
entering a first mode of operation in which dataload is coupled with program execution by a semiconductor die in response to a first signal from a memory controller, while the semiconductor die is in the first mode:
loading first data from a memory bus into temporary storage on the semiconductor die;
accessing, by the semiconductor die, a first type of program execution command from the memory bus after loading the first data into the temporary storage;
immediately programming, by the semiconductor die, the first data from the temporary storage into non-volatile memory cells in response to accessing the first type of program execution command; and

entering a second mode of operation in which dataload is decoupled from program execution by the semiconductor die in response to a second signal from the memory controller, while the semiconductor die is in the second mode:
loading second data from the memory bus into the temporary storage on the semiconductor die;
accessing, by the semiconductor die, the first type of program execution command from the memory bus after loading the second data into the temporary storage;
entering a wait state in response to accessing the first type of program execution command to decouple loading the second data from programming the second data;
accessing, by the semiconductor die, a second type of program execution command from the memory bus while in the wait state; and
immediately programming the second data, by the semiconductor die, from the temporary storage into non-volatile memory cells in response to accessing the second type of program execution command.