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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2016
Silicon Motion, Inc., Jhubei, Hsinchu, TW;
Chao-Kuei Hsieh, New Taipei, TW;
Silicon Motion, Inc., Jhubei, TW;
Abstract
A data storage device includes a data storage medium and a control unit. The control unit is electrically connected to the data storage medium. When switched to a command queue mode, the control unit is configured to receive a queue command comprising at least one task from a host, determine whether the at least one task is a ready-for-execution task, sort at least one ready-for-execution task and selectively reply the host with first queue status information. The first queue status information contains a task quantity corresponding to the at least one ready-for-execution task and at least one task serial number corresponding to the at least one sorted ready-for-execution task.