NVM ACCELERATING BOOT TIME ZEROING OF MEMORY BASED ON NON-VOLATILE MEMORY NVM TECHNOLOGY

摘要

An apparatus and method for accelerating boot time zeroing of non-volatile memory (NVM) technology-based memory is described. In an embodiment, the storage device stores a boot version number corresponding to a portion of non-volatile memory. The memory controller logic causes the stored boot version number to be updated in response to each subsequent boot event. The memory controller logic returns a zero in response to a read operation indicated in a portion of non-volatile memory and a mismatch between the stored boot version number and the current boot version number. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.