Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Dongwoo Nam

Sungho Seo

Kwanwoo Noh

Myungsub Shin

Yongwoo Jeong

Haesung Jung

Hyunkyu Jang

A link startup method of a storage device connected to a host through a plurality of lanes includes performing an initialization operation in the storage device; establishing data communication through a connected transmission lane and a connected reception lane among the plurality of lanes; transmitting a high speed link up message to the host through the connected transmission lane of the storage device; and performing a link startup operation in a high speed mode through the connected transmission lane of the storage device and the connected reception lane of the host, based on the high speed link up message transmitted by the storage device.

Storage device for high speed link startup and storage system including the same

A storage device and a storage system including the same are provided. The storage device includes a reference clock pin configured to receive a reference clock signal from a host, a reference clock frequency determination circuitry configured to determine a reference clock frequency from the reference clock signal received through the reference clock pin, and a device controller circuitry configured to perform a high speed mode link startup between the host and the storage device according to the reference clock frequency.

Storage device and storage system including the same

A storage device capable of performing high-speed link startup and a storage system including the storage device are disclosed. A link startup method of the storage device includes receiving a line-reset signal from a host through a line connected to an input signal pin of the storage device, comparing a length of the received line-reset signal with a first reference time, and performing a link startup operation in a high-speed mode or a low-speed mode between the storage device and the host according to a comparing result.

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Dongwoo Nam