Managed NAND solves the problems associated with Direct NAND Interface. The host processor does not interact with the NAND directly but instead interacts with the Managed NAND device. The Managed NAND device addresses the complexities of current and future NAND Flash devices. The host does not need to know the details of NAND Flash block sizes, page sizes, whether it is 2D NAND or 3D NAND, new features, process generation, TLC vs MLC vs. SLC, wear leveling, or ECC requirements. Managed NAND device performs bad block management to increase reliability, performance and the device life. Firmware maintains the logical-to-physical address mapping table. In essence, all the NAND management functionalities and tasks are offloaded to the Managed NAND device. Using Direct NAND memory requires changes in the chipset or the OS. The NAND memory also requires changes to be made in the Flash translation layer (FTL). These changes need to be tested at the NAND level, which could lead to significant delays in product-level testing. Managed NAND eliminates all those and hence enables faster Time-To-Market.