Patent ID: 8954703
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: G06F,G11C

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for sanitizing a storage device, comprising: determining sanitize status associated with the sanitizing of the storage device upon powering up of the storage device, wherein the storage device includes a plurality of sub-arrays each having a plurality of storage chips, the sanitize status determined by, interrogating a sanitize flag associated with each of the plurality of storage chips in each of the plurality of sub-arrays of the storage device upon powering up of the storage device, the sanitize flag defining the sanitize status associated with the sanitizing of each of the plurality of storage chips in each of the plurality of sub-arrays of the storage device; resuming the sanitizing of the plurality of storage chips within the plurality of sub-arrays of the storage device based on the sanitize status of the storage device, wherein the storage device is a non-volatile storage device.