Western Digital Technologies, Inc.

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Sandisk Technologies Inc.

Rakesh Balakrishnan

Eldhose Peter

Akhilesh Yadav

Ramanathan Muthiah

Shiva K

Govind Kumar Mangal

Yehuda Hahn

Ruchir Sinha

Vimal Kumar Jain

Suman Prakash Balakrishnan

Yoseph Pinto

Anantha Sharma

Tushar Tukaram Patil

Govind Mangal

Manoj Kumar Tangella

There is provided a method and memory controller for managing memory operations in storage device. The memory controller receives plurality of requests from a user. The memory controller switches operating mode of storage device dynamically based on time interval between each of the plurality of requests and predefined threshold. The switching comprises notifying first cores to switch second cores from active state to power down state while switching to scaled down mode and restarting second cores while switching to striping FTL mode. Thereby, managing memory operations of storage device. Thus, the present disclosure manages the memory operations and optimises power consumption of the storage device.

Method and a memory controller for managing memory operations in a storage device

A method of operating a solid state drive (SSD) is provided. The method includes generating, by a controller provided in the SSD, a free block list indicating a plurality of free super blocks, wherein adjacent free super blocks of the plurality of free super blocks correspond to different dies of a plurality of dies provided in the SSD; and allocating, by the controller, a free super block from among the plurality of free super blocks indicated by the free block list for each of a host write operation and a garbage collection write operation, according to a sequence of the plurality of free super blocks indicated by the free block list.

Method of optimizing quality of service (QOS) in solid-state drives (SSDS) and an SSD thereof

Systems and methods are disclosed for providing multilingual media files. In certain embodiments, a data storage device includes a controller configured to: receive a command to write data for a media file to a non-volatile memory, wherein the media file includes one or more frames each including a video frame and a plurality of audio frames associated with a plurality of languages; decode using a decoder a first frame of the media file to determine a logical block address (LBA) for a video frame of the first frame and an LBA for each of a plurality of audio frames of the first frame; write the first frame to the non-volatile memory; and update a logical-to-physical (L2P) table to add information associated with the LBA for the video frame of the first frame and the LBA for each of the plurality of audio frames of the first frame.

Devices and methods for optimized fetching of multilingual content in media streaming

A storage device is configured to reduce the file size of media files stored on the device by removing thumbnail data. In response to determining that a data file received from a host is a media file having thumbnail data and a file size, the control circuitry is configured to modify the media file to remove the thumbnail data and reduce the file size of the media file, and then store the modified media file. In response to receiving a request for the data file from the host, the storage device responds by retrieving the modified media file from the storage medium, generating second thumbnail data corresponding to the original thumbnail data, remodifying the media file to add the second thumbnail data to the request; and providing the remodified media file to the host.

Reducing file sizes for media content

A method for performing a data read-write operation across multiple zoned storage devices includes reading data from at least one zone of a source zoned storage device and sequentially writing the read data to at least one zone of a destination zoned storage device, where the source zoned storage device is different from the destination zoned storage device.

System and method for performing data read-write operations in zoned storage devices

A non-volatile storage system includes a memory controller and multiple integrated memory assemblies separate from and in communication with the memory controller. The integrated memory assemblies each comprises a memory die and a control die. The control die is connected (e.g., bonded) to the memory die. The memory controller and the control die include separate compute resources (e.g., each includes a processor). The storage system is configured to receive a request to perform a compute task and assign that compute task to any one or more of the memory controller and the integrated memory assemblies based on anticipated amount of data to be transferred to or from non-volatile memory for the compute task, computational resource need of the compute task, and/or available bandwidth of the memory controller and the control dies.

Non-volatile memory with intelligent compute task distribution

A storage device is provided that allows a controller to directly access bytes of data in data latches connected to memory, as opposed to through controller RAM. The storage device may include a memory, a plurality of data latches connected to the memory, and a controller coupled to each of the data latches. The controller is configured to access one or more bytes of decoded data in one or more of the data latches. For instance, the controller may provide a command including an address for data in the memory, and may process one or more bytes of the data in at least one of the data latches in response to the command. The controller may also store a mapping of addresses for each of the word lines, including the address provided in the command. As a result, operation latency may be reduced and controller RAM savings achieved.

MLM mapped NAND latch

A data storage device comprises a non-volatile memory, a buffer, and a controller. The controller is configured to decode a media file to extract timestamp information related to a set of frames of the media file and receive, from a host, a seek command associated with playback of the media file. The seek command includes a seek interval. The controller is further configured to remove at least a portion of the set of frames based at least in part on the seek interval and the extracted timestamp information and transmit a subset of the set of frames, not including the removed at least a portion of the set of frames, to the host.

Pre-fetch of data using seek intervals

A non-volatile storage system includes a memory controller connected to an integrated memory assembly. The integrated memory assembly includes a memory die comprising non-volatile memory cells and a control die bonded to the memory die. The memory controller receives commands from a host, performs logical address to physical address translation ('address translation') operations for the commands, and instructs the integrated memory assembly to perform one or more operations in support of the command. The control die also includes the ability to perform the address translation. When performing a command from the host, the memory controller can choose to perform the necessary address translation or instruct the control die to perform the address translation. When the control die performs the address translation, the resulting physical address is used by the control die to perform one or more operations in support of the command.

Integrated non-volatile memory assembly with address translation

An integrated memory assembly comprises a memory die and a control die bonded to the memory die. The memory die includes a memory structure of non-volatile memory cells. The control die is configured to program user data to and read user data from the memory die in response to commands from a memory controller. To utilize space more efficiently on the memory die, the control die compacts fragmented data on the memory die.

Local data compaction for integrated memory assembly

The present disclosure generally relates to creating new zones in a data storage device in a manner that ensures substantially even workload of the memory device storage locations. When receiving a zone open command in a zone namespace (ZNS) system, rather than randomly selecting an unopen zone, zones may be categorized based upon storage location workload so that any new zone that is opened utilizes the least utilized storage location. In so doing, generally even workload of the memory device storage locations is achieved.

Dissimilar write prioritization in ZNS devices

The present disclosure generally relates to creating new zones in a data storage device in a manner that ensures substantially even workload of the memory device storage locations. The data storage device can guide a host device to select a particular zone to open in zone namespace (ZNS) systems where the host device selects which zone to open. The data storage device tracks the workload of the various storage locations and create zones. The data storage device then provides selected zones having the least used storage locations with the idea of guiding the host device to select the zone having the least used storage locations. Thus, rather than utilizing a randomly selected unopened zone, the host will select, based upon guidance from the data storage device, zones that contain the least utilized storage location. In so doing, generally even workload of the memory device storage locations is achieved.

A memory card has a plurality of pads including a first set of pads located to connect with host contacts arranged in a first configuration for communication according to the micro Secure Digital (microSD) standard, a second set of pads located to connect with host contacts arranged in a second configuration for communication according to the Peripheral Component Interface express (PCIe) protocol, and a third set of pads located to connect with host contacts arranged in a third configuration for communication according to the Universal Flash Storage (UFS) standard. The plurality of pads includes one or more common pads that are common to the second set of pads and the third set of pads.

Memory card operable with multiple host interfaces

A storage system and method for dynamic selection of a host interface are provided. In one embodiment, a storage system is provided comprising a memory and a controller. The controller is configured to receive, from a host, a selection of a first host interface; in response to receiving the selection of the first host interface, implement the first host interface; after the first host interface has been implemented, receive, from the host, a selection of a second host interface; and in response to receiving the selection of the second host interface, implement the second host interface even though the first host interface was previously implemented. Other embodiments are provided.

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Bengaluru, India

Rakesh Balakrishnan