The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2018
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Chee Hou Peng, Singapore, SG;
Mun Kai Lye, Singapore, SG;
WenXiang Xie, Singapore, SG;
Vincent Uy, Singapore, SG;
Assignee:
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Fremont, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0891 (2016.01); G06F 12/0868 (2016.01); G06F 12/0888 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0891 (2013.01); G06F 12/0868 (2013.01); G06F 12/0888 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method writing data received from a host device includes determining whether command data of a write command includes metadata, flushing the command data out of a volatile write cache according to a first caching policy responsive to a determination that the command data does includes metadata, and flushing the command data out of the volatile write cache according to a second different caching policy responsive to a determination that the command data does not include metadata.