Patent ID: 7412558
Filing Date: 2008-08-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A semiconductor storage device usable by a host system having a particular operating system, a UDF file system, a memory interface controller, and a memory interface, the semiconductor storage device including: a memory unit having a memory area with at least a predetermined memory capacity and a control unit for interpreting a command issued by the host system and controlling the memory unit in accordance with the command, the semiconductor storage device storing property information indicating device type of the semiconductor storage device; the control unit being arranged for (a) interpreting a property information read command issued by the host system, (b) executing the command, and (c) returning the property information to the host system; and the memory area being formatted in accordance with the universal disk format (UDF) such that each sector has a user data area of 2048 bytes with a logical sector length of 2048 bytes.