SERIAL INTERFACE FLASH MEMORY APPARATUS AND WRITING METHOD FOR STATUS REGISTER THEREOF

A serial interface flash memory apparatus and a writing method for a status register thereof are disclosed. The writing method for the status register mentioned above includes: receiving a write command with an updated data for the status register; writing the updated data to a volatile latch and set an update flag according to whether or not a write-protected data in the status register is updated by the write command; and writing the data from the volatile latch to the status register according to the update flag when a power down process of the serial interface flash memory apparatus is processed.