METHOD OF OPERATING DATA STORAGE DEVICE
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1. A method of operating a data storage device, the method comprising:
- receiving a single wipe device initialization command from a host; and
in response to the wipe device initialization command, executing a wipe device initialization operation that during a single time period initializes the entirety of a mapping table defining logical partitions dividing memory space provided by a physical region of the data storage device.
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Abstract
A method of operating a data storage device includes: receiving a single wipe device initialization command from a host, and in response to the wipe device initialization command, executing a wipe device initialization operation that during a single time period initializes the entirety of a mapping table defining logical partitions dividing memory space provided by a physical region of the data storage device.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of operating a data storage device, the method comprising:
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receiving a single wipe device initialization command from a host; and in response to the wipe device initialization command, executing a wipe device initialization operation that during a single time period initializes the entirety of a mapping table defining logical partitions dividing memory space provided by a physical region of the data storage device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of operating a data processing system including an application processor and a data storage device, the method comprising:
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communicating a single wipe device initialization command from the application processor to the data storage device; and in response to the wipe device initialization command, executing a wipe device initialization operation that in one single period of time comprises at least one of; initializing the entirety of a mapping table defining logical partitions dividing the memory space provided by a physical region of the data storage device; erasing all of the data stored in the physical region after initializing the entirety of the mapping table; and programming specialty data in the physical region after the erasing of all of the data stored in the physical region. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of operating a data storage device including a controller and a flash-based memory, the method comprising:
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receiving a single command provided by a host in the controller of the data storage device, and analyzing the command; and upon determining that the command is a wipe device initialization command, initializing the entirety of a mapping table defining logical partitions dividing memory space provided by a physical region of the data storage device, and erasing all of the data stored in the physical region after initializing the entirety of the mapping table. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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