Patent ID: 8370611
Filing Date: 2013-02-05
Classification: G06F,G11C

Abstract:
1. A memory card device comprising: a flash memory including a boot area storing boot data for a host, and a user area storing user data including a master boot file, wherein the user area comprises a file allocation table area designated by the boot data; and a controller converting a logical address received by the host into one of two different physical addresses in accordance with an operating mode which may either be in a boot mode for accessing the boot area or a normal mode for accessing the user area and accessing the boot area at a first of the two different physical addresses in response to a boot file request command from the host and transmitting the boot data to the host when the operating mode is in the boot mode, and accessing the user area at a second of the two different physical addresses in response to an operating command issued by the host and transmitting the user data to the host when the operating mode is in the normal mode.