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| 20080235427 | Electronic device with card interface - When initializing a card-shaped device inserted in a card interface, operation mode acquiring means incorporated in an electronic device acquires operation mode information, stored in a register file incorporated in the card-shaped device, by a predetermined procedure using a predetermined pin. Operation mode setting means incorporated in the electronic device executes signal assignment on a plurality of data pins peculiar to an operation mode indicated by the acquired operation mode information, thereby switching a data transfer width, and allowing the card-shaped device to operate in the operation mode. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20090083478 | INTEGRATED MEMORY MANAGEMENT AND MEMORY MANAGEMENT METHOD - An integrated memory management device according to an example of the invention comprises an acquiring unit acquiring a read destination logical address from a processor, an address conversion unit converting the read destination logical address into a read destination physical address of a non-volatile main memory, an access unit reading, from the non-volatile main memory, data that corresponds to the read destination physical address and has a size that is equal to a block size or an integer multiple of the page size of the non-volatile main memory, and transmission unit transferring the read data to a cache memory of the processor having a cache size that depends on the block size or the integer multiple of the page size of the non-volatile main memory. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090282187 | FLASH MEMORY DEVICE CAPABLE OF PREVENTING READ DISTURBANCE - A storage has a first cache area temporarily storing one page data read from a flash memory, and a second cache area to which data of the first cache area is transferred. A controller stores data of the first cache area in the second cache area, and reads and outputs the data stored in the second cache area when data having the same address as data read from the first cache area is read. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20100064111 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE INCLUDING MEMORY MANAGEMENT DEVICE MANAGING ACCESS FROM PROCESSOR TO MEMORY AND MEMORY MANAGEMENT METHOD - A device according to an example of the invention comprises a section which accepts a write destination logical address and write target data from a processor, the write destination logical address indicating a write position to write the write target data into a composite memory which includes a first memory and a nonvolatile second memory, a section which determines a write destination physical address corresponding to the write destination logical address so that the number of times of access to the second memory is smaller than the number of times of access to the first memory, a section which stores, in a storage section, address conversion data associating the write destination logical address with the write destination physical address, and a section which writes the write target data into a position in the composite memory indicated by the write destination physical address. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100250839 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MEMORY CARD AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY - A method for controlling a memory card which includes a nonvolatile semiconductor memory whose memory area includes a plurality of write areas is disclosed. A first area which is a part of the plurality of write areas is set in accordance with management executed by a first file system. The first file system sequentially writes data along a direction in which addresses of the plurality of write areas increase. A second area which is a part of the plurality of write areas is set in accordance with management executed by a second file system. The second file system writes data in an order which does not depend on the addresses. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100268948 | RECORDING DEVICE AND CONTENT-DATA DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A recording device comprises a memory unit configured to be communicationable with an external device and to record key data for encryption of content data through an authentication process, and a controller which controls the memory unit. The memory unit comprises a normal recording unit which is accessible from the exterior through the controller without an authentication process, a protected recording unit which is accessible from the external device when authentication of a first authentication process completes, and a writing restricted/protected recording unit which is accessible from the external device when authentication of a second authentication completes and is unwritable and unaccessible from the external device when authentication of only the first authentication process completes. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100268953 | RECORDING DEVICE, AND CONTENT-DATA PLAYBACK SYSTEM - A recording device configured to store content data in an encrypted manner, the recording device comprises a memory unit which stores various data, and a controller which controls the memory unit. The controller possesses a controller key and unique identification information, and is configured to generate a controller-unique key unique for each controller in accordance with the controller key and the identification information. The memory unit stores an MKB generated by encrypting a medium key with a device key set that is a collection of a plurality of device keys, an encrypted device key set generated by encrypting the device key set with the controller-unique key, and a device-key-set index which uniquely identifies the device key set. The controller comprises a decryption unit which obtains a device key set by decrypting the encrypted device key set with the controller-unique key, an ID generating unit which generates a medium ID from the identification information and the device-key-set index, and an authentication unit which executes an authentication process with an exterior in accordance with the device key set, the medium ID and the MKB. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100281200 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH CARD INTERFACE - When initializing a card-shaped device inserted in a card interface, operation mode acquiring means incorporated in an electronic device acquires operation mode information, stored in a register file incorporated in the card-shaped device, by a predetermined procedure using a predetermined pin. Operation mode setting means incorporated in the electronic device executes signal assignment on a plurality of data pins peculiar to an operation mode indicated by the acquired operation mode information, thereby switching a data transfer width, and allowing the card-shaped device to operate in the operation mode. | 11-04-2010 |
