Methods and apparatus for facilitated program and erase of two-terminal memory devices

A method for facilitating erase or program operations on two-terminal memory devices includes substantially simultaneously initiating erase cycle or program cycle for two-terminal memory devices from a first plurality of two-terminal memory devices, monitoring erase detect or program detect conditions for each of the two-terminal memory devices, and before detecting erase detect or program detect conditions for all of the two-terminal memory devices, the method includes detecting an erase detect or a program detect condition for the first two-terminal memory device from the first plurality of two-terminal memory devices, and initiating an erase cycle or a program for a second two-terminal memory device for a second plurality of two-terminal memory devices, in response to detecting the erase detect or program detect condition for the first two-terminal memory device.