Abstract: A non-volatile memory device includes a non-volatile memory unit, a control unit, and an interface. The control unit receives a write request, determines whether data is an object of a write of sequential management when a write size of the received data is smaller than a management unit of erasure, performs first write processing in which the received data smaller than the management unit of the erasure is sequentially written when the data is the object of the write of the sequential management, and performs second write processing in which the received data smaller than the management unit of the erasure is written by the management unit of the write when the data is not the object of the write of the sequential management.

Abstract: There is provided a recording apparatus that records data to a memory card, comprising: a control unit configured to repeatedly transmit a data recording instruction that includes information designating recording target data and a recording destination to the memory card which manages a memory for data recording in the memory card as a plurality of recording areas and which can execute data recording with a guaranteed minimum recording speed in units of recording areas, wherein when transmitting a first data recording instruction that designates a start portion of a first recording area as a recording destination, the control unit requests the memory card to execute data recording with the guaranteed minimum recording speed with respect to the first recording area by including a speed guarantee request in the first data recording instruction.

Abstract: A non-volatile memory device includes a non-volatile memory unit, a control unit, and an interface. The control unit receives a write request, determines whether data is an object of a write of sequential management when a write size of the received data is smaller than a management unit of erasure, performs first write processing in which the received data smaller than the management unit of the erasure is sequentially written when the data is the object of the write of the sequential management, and performs second write processing in which the received data smaller than the management unit of the erasure is written by the management unit of the write when the data is not the object of the write of the sequential management.

Abstract: A non-volatile memory device includes a non-volatile memory unit, a control unit, and an interface. The control unit receives a write request, determines whether data is an object of a write of sequential management when a write size of the received data is smaller than a management unit of erasure, performs first write processing in which the received data smaller than the management unit of the erasure is sequentially written when the data is the object of the write of the sequential management, and performs second write processing in which the received data smaller than the management unit of the erasure is written by the management unit of the write when the data is not the object of the write of the sequential management.

Abstract: A non-volatile memory device includes a non-volatile memory unit, a control unit, and an interface. The control unit receives a write request, determines whether data is an object of a write of sequential management when a write size of the received data is smaller than a management unit of erasure, performs first write processing in which the received data smaller than the management unit of the erasure is sequentially written when the data is the object of the write of the sequential management, and performs second write processing in which the received data smaller than the management unit of the erasure is written by the management unit of the write when the data is not the object of the write of the sequential management.

Abstract: A flash memory device includes a flash memory unit; and a control unit configured to perform control so that data having a size smaller than a block size of the flash memory unit is sequentially written to the flash memory unit.

Abstract: A storage apparatus is disclosed which includes: a memory configured to have a plurality of pages to which data can be written in units of a page, the memory being further configured to have a plurality of pages of write data stored into each page in multi-valued form; and a control section configured to select pages to which to write the data from among the plurality of pages of the memory, the control section being further configured to write to the selected pages of the memory the data of at least two bits in multi-valued form for a plurality of pages including the selected pages; wherein, when writing the plurality of pages of the write data, the control section puts the write data into multi-valued form per page before writing the data to a plurality of different unused pages of the memory on a page-by-page basis.

Abstract: A flash memory device includes a flash memory unit; and a control unit configured to perform control so that data having a size smaller than a block size of the flash memory unit is sequentially written to the flash memory unit.

Abstract: A memory device includes a plurality of nonvolatile memories configured to be erased at updating of data, and a memory controller configured to control the nonvolatile memory. The memory controller includes an address conversion table configured to convert a logical address specified by at data writing into a physical address of the nonvolatile memory, an erased physical block managing unit configured to manage an erased physical block address, the nonvolatile memory of the erased physical block address, and an erased physical block count on each nonvolatile memory, an erasable physical block managing unit configured to manage an erasable physical block address, the nonvolatile memory of the erasable physical block address, and an erasable physical block count on each nonvolatile memory, and a memory control unit configured to control writing and erasing on the plurality of nonvolatile memories.

Abstract: A storage apparatus is disclosed which includes: a memory configured to have a plurality of pages to which data can be written in units of a page, the memory being further configured to have a plurality of pages of write data stored into each page in multi-valued form; and a control section configured to select pages to which to write the data from among the plurality of pages of the memory, the control section being further configured to write to the selected pages of the memory the data of at least two bits in multi-valued form for a plurality of pages including the selected pages; wherein, when writing the plurality of pages of the write data, the control section puts the write data into multi-valued form per page before writing the data to a plurality of different unused pages of the memory on a page-by-page basis.

Abstract: Data with high confidentiality is stored safely in a memory card while maintaining the function of a FAT file system that an existing memory card has. In a data area 30 of a semiconductor memory 42, the FAT file system management areas 33 to 36, a dedicated data area 31 that stores data of a dedicated file system different from the FAT file system and a dedicated file system management area 32 that indicates an access method to the dedicated data area 31 are provided; and the data reproduced based on information within the FAT file system management areas 33 to 36 is made to be the data different from the data reproduced from the dedicated data area 31 based on the information within the dedicated file system management area 32.

Abstract: Data with high confidentiality is stored safely in a memory card while maintaining the function of a FAT file system that an existing memory card has. In a data area 30 of a semiconductor memory 42, the FAT file system management areas 33 to 36, a dedicated data area 31 that stores data of a dedicated file system different from the FAT file system and a dedicated file system management area 32 that indicates an access method to the dedicated data area 31 are provided; and the data reproduced based on information within the FAT file system management areas 33 to 36 is made to be the data different from the data reproduced from the dedicated data area 31 based on the information within the dedicated file system management area 32.