Patent ID: 9619177
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: G06F,G11C

Claim:
1. A memory system comprising: nonvolatile memories; a first manager configured to generate, by a read command received from an external device, a plurality of read requests corresponding to a plurality of read-unit data items read by the read command, and to manage first information indicating a state of transmission of the read-unit data items to the external device; a storage unit configured to temporarily store the read-unit data items read from the nonvolatile memories in a random order, based on the read requests; a second manager configured to manage second information indicating whether each of the read-unit data items has been read from the nonvolatile memories; and a third manager configured to transmit, based on the first information and the second information, the read-unit data items to the external device in an order designated by the read command, the read-unit data items being stored in the storage unit in a random order.