Patent ID: 7808837

Claim:
A non-volatile memory control device comprising: a non-volatile memory; and a memory controller for controlling a writing operation in the non-volatile memory, wherein the non-volatile memory comprises: a writing operation selector for selecting one of a first writing operation in which a data is written in a memory cell array within a first writing time in response to reception of a first writing command and a second writing operation in which the data is written in the memory cell array within a second writing time in response to receipt of a second writing command; and a writing controller for outputting a signal that rejects the writing operation to the memory controller when the first or second writing operation is currently carried out and outputting a signal that allows the writing operation to the memory controller when neither the first writing operation nor the second writing operation is currently carried out, and the first writing time is shorter than the second writing time, and the memory controller outputs the first writing command or the second writing command to the writing operation selector as far as the writing operation is allowed by the writing controller, and the memory controller does not output the first writing command or the second writing command to the writing operation selector in the case where the writing operation is currently rejected by the writing controller.