Disabling faulty flash memory dies
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1. A method of operating a flash memory device having multiple flash memory dies, the method comprising:
- identifying one or more defective flash memory dies in a flash memory device;
disabling memory access operations to each identified die; and
labeling the flash memory device to indicate an amount of available flash memory in the flash memory device other than the identified die.
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Abstract
Articles and associated methods and systems relate to disabling defective flash memory dies in a device containing multiple flash memory dies. Packages containing multiple flash memory dies may be labeled to indicate a flash memory data storage capacity based on the flash memory dies that are not disabled. Various disabling methods may be applied at the die level, package level, and/or board level.
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16 Claims
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1. A method of operating a flash memory device having multiple flash memory dies, the method comprising:
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identifying one or more defective flash memory dies in a flash memory device; disabling memory access operations to each identified die; and labeling the flash memory device to indicate an amount of available flash memory in the flash memory device other than the identified die. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A flash memory device having multiple flash memory dies, the device comprising:
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one or more non-defective flash memory dies; one or more flash memory die that have been identified as defective; means for disabling access to the die identified as defective; and a label on the flash memory device to indicate a storage capacity of the non-defective flash memory. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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