Patent ID: 8041887
Filing Date: 2011-10-18
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A memory device using a file system which supports an incremental write method, comprising: a storage area which is formed of a nonvolatile semiconductor memory and stores a file and management information of the file, the management information being written at an end of a written area every time a file is updated; and a controller which sends a logical address corresponding to a final write position of the written area in response to a read request from the host, wherein the controller records the final write position in the storage area in response to a storage request from a host, wherein the storage area includes a plurality of physical blocks each serving as a data erase unit, each physical block including a plurality of physical pages each serving as a data write unit, and the controller writes data in the storage area and simultaneously writes a flag in a redundant area of the physical page, and changes the flag for each storage request, wherein the controller detects the final write position by using the flag stored in the redundant area in response to the read request from the host, and sends the logical address of the final write position to the host.