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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2018
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Mackenzie Roeser, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert Hill, San Jose, CA (US);
WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is disclosed for changing data within a solid state drive without using a host interface, comprising issuing a write buffer command with a code to the solid state drive, receiving the code at the solid state drive, storing the code at the solid state drive, transmitting a command to run the code at the solid state drive, running the code with a processor in a virtual machine arranged within the solid state drive, wherein the running of the code alters data within the solid state drive and altering at least one memory arrangement in the solid state drive such that the memory arrangement records the altered data.