Patent ID: 11869598
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A storage device, comprising
a controller configured to control a non-volatile memory device(s) having a plurality of memory blocks therein, said controller comprising:
secure erase control logic configured to: (i) control secure erase operations on the plurality of memory blocks in response to a secure erase request received from a host, and (ii) set flags corresponding to the plurality of memory blocks such that a first flag corresponding to a first memory block, which has undergone at least two of the secure erase operations, has a first value; and
adaptive control logic configured to change at least one operating condition associated with a write operation and/or read operation directed at the first memory block, in response to detecting that the first flag has the first value.