7. The device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the memory cells is assigned to store a state indicator, and wherein the controller is coupled to increment the state indicator upon making the second assignment.
7. The device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the memory cells is assigned to store a state indicator, and wherein the controller is coupled to increment the state indicator upon making the second assignment. 8. The device according to claim 7 , wherein the controller is configured to read a value of the count code by decoding the state indicator so as to identify the groups of the memory cells storing the less significant word and the more significant word.