Patent ID: 8879341

Claim:
A method for operating a memory system, the method comprising: initiating a first operation in a first memory device using a memory controller that is in communication with said first memory device through a first link and a second link different from said first link, said first operation using said first link as its communication path for transmitting data back and forth between the memory controller and the first memory device; and initiating a second operation in a second memory device using the memory controller that is in communication with said second memory device through the first link and the second link, wherein said initiation of said second operation occurring before the first memory device completes said first operation, wherein said communication path for transmitting data back and forth between the memory controller and the first memory device of said first operation is changed from said first link to said second link during a pendency of the first operation, and wherein said second operation uses said first link as its communication path for transmitting data back and forth between the memory controller and the second memory device while said first operation simultaneously uses said second link as its communication path for transmitting data back and forth between the memory controller and the first memory device.