Patent ID: 8627257

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of designing a nonvolatile memory device, the method comprising: setting first parameters associated with external environmental conditions of the nonvolatile memory device; setting second parameters associated with structural characteristics and internal environmental conditions of the nonvolatile memory device; executing a first computer simulation to determine a first initial operation condition based on the first parameters and the second parameters, the first initial operation condition being associated with an erase operation of the nonvolatile memory device; executing a second computer simulation to determine a second initial operation condition based on the first parameters, the second parameters and the first initial operation condition, the second initial operation condition being associated with a program operation of the nonvolatile memory device; and determining a final operation condition based on the first parameters, the second parameters, the first initial operation condition and the second initial operation condition, the final operation condition being associated with reliability of the nonvolatile memory device.