Marvellworld Trade Ltd.

Marvell International Limited

Chi-Kong Lee

Tony Yoon

Pantas Sutardja

Zining Wu

Lau Nguyen

Hyunsuk Shin

A storage drive includes a first integrated circuit, a second integrated circuit, an interface, an encoder, and a write module. The first integrated circuit includes a first array of memory cells. The second integrated circuit includes a second array of memory cells. The interface is connected to a host. The interface is configured to receive a first block of data transmitted from the host to the storage drive. The encoder is configured to encode the first block of data. The write module is configured to write (i) a first portion of the encoded first block of data to a first row of the first array of memory cells, and (ii) a second portion of the encoded first block of data to a first row of the second array of memory cells.

Method and storage drive for writing portions of blocks of data in respective arrays of memory cells of corresponding integrated circuits

In some implementations, a method includes receiving commands from a host device, sending the commands to one or more flash memory devices, receiving information associated with at least one of the commands from the one or more flash memory devices, and selectively sending the information to the host device based on whether one or more parameters in the at least one command include a request to receive the information from the one or more flash memory devices.

Flexible sequence design architecture for solid state memory controller

A system includes chips and a control module. Each of the chips includes an array of memory cells. Each of the arrays of memory cells includes rows of memory cells. Each of the rows of memory cells is configured to store a predetermined amount of data. The control module is configured to receive data, encode the data to generate blocks of encoded data, store a first portion of one of the blocks of encoded data in a first selected number row of a first chip, and store a remaining portion of the one of the blocks of encoded data in a second selected number row of a second chip. An amount of data in each of the blocks of encoded data is more than the predetermined amount of data. The second selected number row is a same number row or a higher number row than the first selected number row.

Non-volatile memory device with non-evenly distributable data access

Methods, systems and computer program products for sending one or more commands to one or more flash memory devices using a solid state controller and receiving information associated with the commands from the flash memory devices are described. In some implementations, the solid state controller includes a sequencer to forward the commands to the flash memory devices on behalf of the firmware.

A memory system including a nonvolatile memory, and a memory control module. The nonvolatile memory includes a plurality of memory cells arranged among a plurality of physical memory blocks, wherein each physical memory block is of a predetermined size. The memory control module includes a write path module and a read path module. In response to the memory control module receiving data in a first format such that the data is evenly distributable among the plurality of physical memory blocks, the write path module modifies the first format of the data into a second format prior to writing the data to the plurality of physical memory blocks. The second format of the data is such that the data is no longer evenly distributable among the plurality of physical memory blocks. The read path module is configured to read the data from the nonvolatile memory in accordance with the second format.

Nonvolatile memory system

A nonvolatile (NV) memory system includes a memory control module that encodes data to provide encoded logical data structures. The system also includes NV memory that includes X arrays that include physical data structures that differ in size from the encoded logical data structures. The memory control module writes/reads from the NV memory according to the encoded logical data structures. X is an integer greater than or equal to 1.

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Chi-Kong Lee