Patent ID: 8406076

Claim:
A method for performing an operation in a non-volatile storage device, the method comprising: performing, by a controller in a non-volatile storage device, the controller in communication with a non-volatile memory in the non-volatile storage device: receiving at the controller a characteristic corresponding to a time duration required for the non-volatile memory to complete an operation; disabling a circuit operative to generate an indication of a completion of the operation by the non-volatile memory, wherein disabling the circuit reduces power consumed by the circuit; initiating the operation in the non-volatile memory; maintaining the circuit in a disabled state for a first predetermined time, wherein the first predetermined time comprises a portion of the time duration; enabling the circuit upon expiration of the first predetermined time and prior to the completion of the operation by the non-volatile memory; and upon completion of the operation by the non-volatile memory, receiving at the controller an indication of the completion of the operation via the circuit.