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Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 01, 2017
Applicant:

Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ramanathan Muthiah, Bangalore, IN;

Balaji Thraksha Venkataramanan, Bangalore, IN;

Ramkumar Ramamurthy, Bangalore, IN;

Ravi Gaja, Bangalore, IN;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/28 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0652 (2013.01); G06F 3/0608 (2013.01); G06F 3/0679 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer program products for streamed program commands with periodic garbage collection are disclosed. A controller is configured to set up a data path between the controller and a memory device to initialize an open mode. A controller is configured to perform a plurality of program operations on a memory device in an open mode using a same set up data path. A controller is configured to, in response to exiting an open mode, perform a garbage collection operation on a memory device.


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